Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested a Kenyan billionaire incriminated in a Ksh7.6 billion oil scandal.
The sleuths mounted an operation at the billionaire’s Nairobi office on the morning of Tuesday, August 6, EACC Spokesperson Eric Ngumbi confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke.
The suspect was subsequently taken to the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court where he is awaiting arraignment.
EACC enforced the arrest following a directive from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The billionaire in question has been in the crosshairs of the Kenyan authorities after he was accused of being part of a racket that participated in an oil corruption scandal.
Earlier this year, the tycoon appeared in court and charged with allegedly stealing jet fuel worth Ksh1.5 billion.
The scandal in question is said to have occurred more than 20 years ago in 2007.
Earlier reports indicated that DPP Renson Ingonga had applied to withdraw one case against the tycoon where he was charged alongside two other accomplices.
In the application, the ODPP wanted to be allowed to pursue the case against the billionaire separately.
In the duration the case was public, the billionaire and four others were charged and acquitted since he could not be tried while outside the country.
Then earlier this year, he was charged with stealing 318,665 tonnes of jet fuel but pleaded not guilty and was set free on a cash bail of Ksh1 million.
Magistrate Zainab Abdul acquitted the suspect’s co-accused in February after the prosecution failed to prove the charges.
Source: kENYANS.CO.KE
