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Court freezes county account as resident claims Sh340m looted

A resident went to court claiming Sh340 million was misappropriated by the governor. [iStockphoto]

Operations at the county government of Mandera could ground to a halt after the High Court issued an order freezing its accounts.

Justice Abida Ali-Aroni issued the order stopping the county government and governor Ali Roba from withdrawing, transferring or dealing with money held in the county government accounts. This is after a resident went to court claiming that the Roba administration had misappropriated Sh340 million.

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