This archive report was first published on 23 December 2019.
On July 22, 2019, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested a wanted fraud suspect linked to the 63 billion shilling Arror and Kimwarer Dams scandal.
The suspect, Jackson Njau Kinyanjui, a former director of resource mobilization at the National Treasury, was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport upon arrival from the United States of America.
According to the DCI, Kinyanjui was stopped by immigration officers before being handed over to detectives for further questioning.
During interrogation, Kinyanjui alleged that he had been cleared to travel after securing his passport from the Milimani Law Courts following his previous arrest.
However, the DCI said that Kinyanjui was charged with deliberately circumventing procurement laws to ensure that tenders were awarded to the Italian firm CMC Di Ravenna.
He remains in police custody as further investigations ensue, with the Director of Public Prosecutions prosecuting 28 suspects, including Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge.
