By RFIPalled on 22-07-2019Modified 22-07-2019 at 19:42

It's a real anti-corruption trick. In Kenya, the prosecutor accuses about 30 people, including the finance minister, of being involved in a financial scandal over the construction of two hydraulic dams in the west of the country.

Finance Minister Henry Rotich, his deputy, the number two minister of the East African Community, the director of the Environment Agency and many senior officials ... Noordin Haji hit hard. The prosecutor accuses them of fraud, abuse of power or financial malpractice.

At the heart of these suspicions is the construction of the Arror and Kimwarer dams in the Rift Valley, an estimated $ 630,000 million project.

The prosecutor said that in September he received reports about the governance and management of the project. His services quickly found a series of offenses, leading to further investigations that led to Italy and Great Britain.

" Public corruption threatens the fabric of our nation. It tears us and betrays the trust of the citizens, "denounced Noordin Haji.

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Several senior officials, including the head of the Environment Agency, were arrested in the afternoon of Monday, July 22. The Minister of Finance and his deputy presented themselves in the prosecutor's office.

Kipchumba Murkomen arrived a few hours later on the spot. This lawyer is none other than the senator of the county where the dams are to be constructed. He is already denouncing an instrumentalization of justice " in order to satisfy political interests ".

Kipchumba Murkomen: I can see the delusional injustice that is being met by the people of Elgeyo Marakwet County

Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) July 22, 2019

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