Over Sh3b worth of assets recovered by special team hunting for graft proceeds

Delegates follow proceedings during the National Anti-Corruption Conference organised by Multi-Sectoral Initiative against Corruption at Bomas of Kenya. [Jonah Onyango/Standard]

More than Sh3 billion worth of assets have been recovered since the formation of the Multi-Agency Task Team (MATT) last year, Attorney General Paul Kihara has said.

The AG, who chairs the team that directly reports to the President, added that Sh2.5 billion worth of taxes had been recovered from corruption-related cases.