Anti-graft team grills Kenya's election chiefs over 'chicken' scandal

Kenya: The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has begun questioning Kenyans linked to the directors of a British printing firm convicted of paying Sh47.3 million in bribes.

The payments, referred to as "chicken" in emails used to convict the two, were allegedly made to officials of the defunct Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC), its successor the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) to secure contracts for electoral and exam materials IEBC Chairman Issack Hassan yesterday spent two hours with EACC detectives at Integrity Centre in Nairobi. He is among numerous individuals facing questioning over the matter involving a total of 10 contracts to the British firm under dubious circumstances.