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Scandals haunt State amid claims of fruitless probes

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Chair Mumo Matemu.

The Government is fighting off the claim that it has been slow to prosecute individuals linked to mega-corruption scandals, some going back nearly 30 years, even as new cases are added to the pile.

Critics have sounded the warning by comparing the prosecution in the UK of individuals linked to the procurement scandal at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), dubbed “Chickengate”, to Kenya’s slow progress in concluding investigations related to the same, and other cases yet to come before the courts.

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