This archive report was first published on 10 May 2020.
On Sunday, EACC detectives arrested Kenya Ports Authority General Manager for Finance Patrick Nyoike over the irregular payment of Ksh 214 million.
According to the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji, the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives had been investigating how KPA made payments amounting to Ksh 214, 548, 340 million to Nyali Capital Limited between October 2014 and March 2017.
Patrick Nyoike was arrested alongside his wife, Jacinta Wambugu, and KPA clerical officer Issack Obunga after the DPP approved their charges and ordered for their arrest.
It is alleged that the KPA Finance Manager had interests in the company where his wife Jacinta Wambugu and his brother Alfred Hinga Nyoike worked as General Manager and Director respectively.
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