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19 face fraud charges in Sh4.1b mall probe

Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo and Lake Basin Development Authority Managing Director Peter Abok Aguko in court yesterday. [George Njunge, Standard]

At least 19 suspects were yesterday charged with conspiracy to defraud public funds in the construction of the multi-billion-shilling Lake Basin Development Authority Mall in Kisumu.

Bobasi MP Innocent Momanyi, Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo and LBDA managing director Peter Abok are some of those accused over irregular award of the contract to Erdemann Properties Ltd after allegedly inflating the cost from Sh2.5 billion to Sh4.1 billion.

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