17 officials face charges for expired rice imports

KRA Commissioner Julius Musyoki who was grilled by the DCI yesterday. RIGHT: Kebs Director of Quality Assurance Eric Chesire and Managing Director Charles Ongwae when they were arraigned in court in June. [File, Standard]

A month-long investigation on the entry of substandard goods in the country revved up the anti-graft purge with arrest of 17 top officials from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) on Friday night.

About 30 more were taken in for questioning by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), but it was not immediately clear how many of this second group will be presented in court tomorrow morning.