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Reprieve for Mandago as DCI now seeks to withdraw Sh1 billion case

Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago, Joshua Lelei and Meshack Rono at Nakuru Law Courts on July 22, 2024. [File, Standard]

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has proposed the withdrawal of the Sh1.1 billion Finland and Canada Education Programme Scandal case facing Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago and two county officials.

The DCI wants the case replaced by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) against Mandago and seven others. In the current case, Mr Mandago is charged alongside county officials Meshack Rono and Joshua Lelei, before Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndege.

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