On November 18, 2019, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) challenging the payment of Sh20.5 million to businessman Kamlesh Pattni.
The three-judge bench ruled that the compensation fee was valid, paving the way for the EACC to pay Pattni the Sh20.5 million plus interest for the over 15 years the dispute had been in court.
Pattni had been tried but never convicted despite multiple investigations into the suspected loss of some $1 billion (Sh103 billion) of public funds over bogus diamond and gold exports in the infamous Goldenberg scandal.
The Goldenberg scandal nearly ruined the Kenyan economy, spurred inflation, devaluation of the shilling, and prompted international donors to cut funding to then President Daniel arap Moi's regime.
