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Court allows DCI to raid offices of Kasipul MP aspirant, City Lawyer in Sh500m US fraud case

By Nancy Gitonga | Nov. 28, 2025

**Politician Robert Riaga during a previous political campaign.** [Nancy Gitonga, Standard]

A Nairobi court has allowed DCI detectives to probe Kasipul MP aspirant Robert Riaga, city lawyer Stephen Juma Ndeda and 18 others over an alleged Sh500 million international fraud scheme.

The Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Court granted a plea by DCI detectives attached to the Economic and Commercial Crimes Unit for search warrants targeting the politician and 19 suspects over allegations that they defrauded a US citizen millions of shillings in an agriculture projects deal in Africa.

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