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Probe BAT graft claims against leaders swiftly

Opposition leader Raila Odinga is the latest high-profile figure to be mentioned in the unravelling British American Tobacco (BAT) bribery saga.

Although, he has not been implicated directly, his office when he was Prime Minister, is alleged to have intervened to stop Kenya Revenue Authority from freezing the accounts of local cigarette manufacturer Mastermind over non-payment of taxes worth billions of shillings.

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