[SIZE=7]REVEALED: DCI trace part of Kerio Dam looted billions to Catholic Bishops’ bank accounts[/SIZE]
March 10, 2019 Editor
https://www.kenyannewsday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/FB_IMG_1552206654694-678x381.jpgAt a recent function: Deputy President William Ruto and Cardinal John Njue Archbishop of Nairobi to the Vatican Secretariat for Communication
Shockwaves continue to reverberate in higher echelons of government after the ongoing international forensic probe by sleuths revealed a string of unexplained remittances into accounts held by senior clergymen in Kenya.
Kenyan News learnt that the discovery of the vasts sums of suspect money by Directorate of Criminal Investigations forensic sleuths has prompted calls within the DCI to demand statements from the clergymen most of whom are drawn from the Catholic Church and are deemed close to Deputy President William Ruto.
According to the DPP, large amounts of funds were paid as bribes in the form of paid personal expenses and overstated supplier invoices.
A lot more of the bribery cash was withdrawn in United States Dollars from multinational banks in Nairobi, London and Rome; and is believed to be hidden in home bunkers around the country as well as in numerous bank accounts including those belonging to Catholic bishops.
The DPP wants the Catholic Bishops compelled to provide documentary justification to account for the monies in their accounts, failure to which court orders will be obtained to freeze the accounts as the first step towards asset recovery.
The DPP is intent on nailing high level convictions and has ordered a diligent investigation which he use to build a solid case relying on evidence extracted from search warrants, hundreds of witness statements and electronic evidence including bank remittances, phone documents, computer data, emails and forensic auditing.
The DCI’s persons of interest include Head of Catholic Church in Kenya Cardinal John Njue and Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Kisumu Archdiocese whose bank accounts held at leading banks in Kenya are now subject of intense probe due to their links to the Deputy President.
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Accordingly, the DPP wants the DCI to focus on identifying all bank accounts followed by properties acquired with loot. Sources told Kenyan News that Barclays, KCB Group, Equity Group, Standard Chartered were among a growing list of banks being investigated by the DCI over the scandal.
In order to get to the bottom of this scam, the government has put together a multi-agency team spearheaded by Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) with other membership drawn from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC), the Office of Attorney General (AG), and Assets Recovery Agency.
So far the probe team has unearthed shocking details on the secret scheme in which senior government officials hatched intricate plan to defraud the public through irregular tendering, discreet money laundering schemes, smuggling cash and wiring hundreds of thousands of dollars through offshore accounts from the Cayman Islands, to London, Dubai, and Guangzhou in China.
Apart from the church leaders, the range of parties involved in irregular tendering of the Kerio dams saga is said to be shocking.
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