This archive report was first published on 11 May 2020.
On Monday, three people will be arraigned at the Anti-Corruption Magistrate's Court in Mombasa over irregular payments of Ksh214 million by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
The suspects include Patrick Nyoike, the KPA's finance boss, his wife Jacinta Wambugu, and KPA clerical officer Issack Obunga. They were arrested on Sunday morning after the Director of Public Prosecution, Noordin Haji, approved their charges.
According to a statement by DPP Haji, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) had been investigating how KPA made payments amounting to Ksh214,548,340 to Nyali Capital Limited between October 2014 and March 2017.
Investigations revealed that Patrick Nyoike had interests in Nyali Capital Limited, where his wife Jacinta Wambugu worked as General Manager and his brother Alfred Hinga Nyoike served as Director.
The multi-million scandal involved Nyoike using his office to confer funds to Nyali Capital Limited, a microfinance company in which his wife was a general manager and his brother a director.
It is alleged that Nyoike facilitated the company to finance KPA suppliers and then utilized the KPA system to have the principal and interest from the suppliers remitted to Nyali Capital Limited's account.
