DPP Haji to go for NYS banks management and board in Sh8 billion scandal

Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji (C) and Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) George Kinoti (R) chat with the Senate Justice and Legal Affairs Committee Chairman Samson Cherargei after a committee meeting on the war against Corruption. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

The bosses of top banks could be dragged to court in connection with the Sh1 billion detectives say was looted through five financial institutions involved in processing National Youth Service (NYS) payments.

After investigations into the NYS II scandal, which prosecutors say involved over Sh8 billion, the Director of Criminal Investigations has flagged suspect transactions in the five banks totalling over Sh1 billion and forwarded the files to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).