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EACC blunders give lifeline to high-profile graft suspects

Suspended Cabinet Secretaries Charity Ngilu (left) and Michael Kamau of Lands and Transport respectively at a Milimani law court. PHOTO BY GEORGE NJUNGE

More than 200 high-profile individuals suspected of corruption can now breathe easy following the anti-graft commission's failure to appeal a crucial court ruling.

A decision by High Court Judge J L Onguto on September 7 nullifying investigations undertaken by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) when it operated without commissioners last year, has opened a wide door of freedom for the big fish suspected of involvement in corruption.

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