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Head of Kenya’s Youth Service, 17 others arrested over $78m theft
The Director General of Kenya’s National Youth Service (NYS) Richard Ndubai and 17 other suspects have been arrested in connection with an alleged theft of 8bn Kenyan shillings (£59m; $78m).
According to the head of criminal investigations in Kenya, 17 other people were in custody while 40 civil servants and 14 private sector officials have been charged over the missing funds allegedly stolen in a scheme involving senior government officials and ghost suppliers.
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Kenya’s chief prosecutor Noordin Mohamed Haji said prosecution would begin immediately of all the suspects named in an investigation by the Director of Criminal Investigation, though those names have not been made public yet.
The current scandal follows one three years ago at the same agency. Earlier this year, a court acquitted nearly two dozen officials at the agency after a trial over the alleged theft of 48 million shillings in 2015.
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