New twist in KPC graft probe lands family in trouble

Kenya Pipeline Managing Director Joe Sang (centre) with Dr.Jonah Ayabe i(left), Director Morendat Institute of Oil and Gas and Gloria Khafafa, company secretary among other executives at the Kenya Pipeline Company headquarters, Nairobi. [Standard]

A Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) employee, his wife, nephew and nephew’s wife are behind the companies being investigated over Sh1 billion tenders fraud.

The man described as a welder at KPC and his relatives are among people who were last month arrested and frog marched to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) offices at Integrity Centre after a two-hour search at their residences.