UK recovers Sh577 million stolen from Kenyan taxpayers

Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko (right) with EACC chief executive officer Halakhe Waqo when they presented their supplementary budget proposals before the National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee yesterday. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/Standard]

The United Kingdom is planning to return a whopping Sh577 million seized after investigations into two corruption scandals in Kenya.

In compliance with the UK policy, the money will however not be channelled to the exchequer but will be committed to social development projects, according to Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Chief Executive Officer Halakhe Waqo.