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How briefcase outfits were used to loot Sh63b

Special prosecutor Taib Ali Taib. He is fighting court orders not to charge of of the Sh63b dam scandal suspects. [File, Standard]

An Italian company at the centre of the Sh63 billion dams scandal registered a number of briefcase branches suspected to have been used to siphon public funds, the court heard yesterday.

The revelation came as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji pleaded with the court to lift an order that stopped the trial of lawyer Richard Malebe, who is one of the suspects in the multi-billion shillings scandal.

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