Curtain falls on another year of mega graft, financial scandals

Residents of Kipsaya area in Elgeyo Marakwet County at the of Arror dam site. [File, Standard]

Despite 2019 being dominated by economic distress and rising public debt, financial scandals ranging from corporate fraud to outright theft of public funds were never far off.

Suspended Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, governors Mike Sonko (Nairobi) and Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu) were some of the public bigwigs consumed by corruption-related scandals.