Kenya's chief prosecutor, Noordin Mohamed Haji, plans to probe whether local banks were involved in a case of suspected corruption in which an unspecified government agency and various companies have been implicated, reported Reuters on May 28.
The prosecutor told a press conference that the first stage of the investigation identified 40 civil servants and 14 private-sector officials as having played a role in corruption, in a case worth approximately $100 million.
Citizen Digital, among other local news outlets, reported the same day that the 54 individuals were due to be arraigned on a battery of charges ranging from abuse of public office to breach of rules governing the management of public funds, with the government freezing the bank accounts that may have been used to channel funds illegally. The news source also said 10 businesses are also implicated in the scandal that has embroiled a national youth agency.
