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Why court blocked Sh6.2bn NYS payments linked to Ben Gethi

Ben Gethi. [File, Standard]

The High Court has issued orders stopping the payment of Sh6.2 billion to firms linked to NYS Season One suspects, including businessman Ben Gethi Wangui, over alleged ghost contracts at the State-owned youth agency. 

Milimani Anti-Corruption High Court Judge Lucy Njuguna issued the orders following an application by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which argued that the payments were fraudulent and illegal, as no goods had been supplied to the NYS.

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