Investigators flag 5000 bank accounts as government intensifies graft purge

Former National Youth Service Director General Richard Ndubai (right) and other suspects linked to loss of NYS funds in Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mounted a secret crackdown on ‘graft lords,’ by targeting more than 5,000bank accounts in the latest strategy to win the war against graft.

The Saturday Standard has reliably learnt that these accounts have been placed under scrutiny as investigators shift attention to the beneficiaries of the billions stashed in local and foreign banks.