This archive report was first published on 26 July 2019.
David Kimosop, the former Managing Director of Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA), has been arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Friday morning.
According to sources, Kimosop was returning from Tanzania when he was apprehended by the authorities on orders from the Director of Criminal Investigations, George Kinoti.
This arrest comes as a surprise, given that Kimosop's lawyer, Katwa Kigen, had earlier told the court that his client had travelled to Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
However, it appears that Kimosop's travel plans were not as he had claimed, and he is now in lawful custody, awaiting arraignment.
It's worth noting that Kimosop was the only high-profile suspect in the Sh63 billion Kimwarer and Arror dams' scandal who had not been arrested until now.
His arrest brings to an end a period of speculation and uncertainty, as his colleagues, including former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, former Principal Secretaries Kamau Thugge and Susan Koech, and National Environment Management Authority Director-General Geoffrey Wahungu, had already been charged in connection with the scandal.
