Kenya: Fresh prosecutions linked to the multi-billion-shilling Anglo Leasing scandal are expected tomorrow.
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Mumo Matemu said they are ready to take the suspects to court either today or tomorrow.
"We are ready and you will see them in court probably on Thursday or Friday. We have covered some of the areas that were challenging in the other files," said Matemu yesterday.
A parliamentary committee had given the EACC and the prosecutor up to Friday to either take suspects to court or close the files.
The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee last Thursday decided to set the deadline to put the protracted matter to rest.
Officials said at least six personalities are targeted and could be the first suspects to be prosecuted over the scam.
Authentic documents
The officials revealed a team of detectives from the commission had been to European countries and arrived back with authentic documents to support the case.
A joint technical team formed to evaluate five files on the scam handed over their report early this month saying it was ready for prosecution on three files.
It was agreed that out of the five files, three were ready for prosecution.
DPP Keriako Tobiko and Matemu said the other two files had outstanding international components, which will be covered by mid March.
Meanwhile, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has denied claims some of its officers were irregularly allocated houses by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to stop investigations into a controversial housing scheme in Tassia, Nairobi.
Matemu said the officials who were allocated houses in Tassia estate applied and were procedurally given them.
Servicing loans
"The houses were advertised and the officials concerned applied and were allocated. They are servicing their loans now," he said.
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He denied the houses were a form of inducement to derail investigations into reports that the NSSF Board irregularly approved a budget of Sh5.1 billion for the infrastructure development of the Tassia II Scheme in a tender awarded to a Chinese firm, China Jiangxi.
"We have raised concerns with the affected officials and they have shown they are servicing their loans over the houses," he said.
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