Tag: Corruption

Sonko wants freeze on bank accounts lifted

Asset Recovery Agency, a state agency that recovers proceeds of crime, is investigating the accounts in connection to suspicious transactions.

Angola court orders seizure of Isabel dos Santos’ assets

Often described as Africa’s richest woman, Ms Dos Santos is estimated by Forbes magazine to have a fortune of $2.2bn.

NGUGI: Why this high school students’ banter caught me off guard

UoN lecturer eavesdrops on a conversation involving students who attend elite national schools and their views on politics disturbs him.

The law catches up with rogue Pangani policeman

The officer, constable Saidi Kisongoa, is said to have been also on interdiction when he was arrested for two offences in Mlolongo area.

Sonko refuses to pay supplier, accuses police of colluding with cartels

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko vows not to pay supplier after plainclothed officers raided City Hall to arrest finance officer.

Kidero: I’d rather face Bench than enter plea bargain

Former Nairobi governor, who is accused of irregularly paying a law firm Sh68m, says petition raises key legal questions.

Excessive Greed Sign of Cultural Malaise

Muiru Ngugi Over the last few years, Kenyan headlines have revealed a deep-seated malaise afflicting Kenya’s, and Africa’s, emerging culture.  Among other vices, the media have carried troubling stories about theft of huge sums of public funds in nearly all public sectors, importation of poisonous sugar and other harmful foodstuffs, exam cheating, and even planned […]