This archive report was first published on 16 July 2019.
Kenya's top prosecutors, Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji and Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti, are currently in Dubai to follow the money trail for the Aror and Kimwarer dams. The move comes after a week-long investigation in Italy, where they were tracking the final leads of the 21B scandal.
According to sources, the DPP and DCI have set up a series of meetings with authorities in Dubai to discuss the fake gold scams that have been on the rise in Kenya. They are also seeking mutual agreements on how to enhance the dams' probe.
Investigations have revealed that part of the money paid by the Treasury for the construction of the dams ended up in private accounts. The team has obtained evidence showing how the money was wired to an account in London, then Dubai, and later to Nairobi.
Police say they visited the Nairobi bank where the money was cashed and obtained crucial evidence. The team is also seeking information on a fake gold syndicate that swindled a member of the Dubai royal family.
During their investigation in Italy, the team met officials of the Service Assicurativi Del Comercio Estero, a government-owned insurer that was paid Sh11.1 billion as insurance premium for the Sh65 billion loan to build the two dams. The officials argued that the country was paying interest on a loan little was known about.
