Businessman seeks to save land in prison warder Sh257m graft case

EACC offices at Integrity Centre in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A businessman who sold properties to a prison cleaner suspected of stealing Sh257 million from the State Department for Correctional Services is seeking to be enjoined in the case the anti-corruption commission has filed against the officer as he seeks to save his land from being forfeited to the State.

Stephen Jeremiah Ogeto claims his land in Kisii County, valued at Sh43 million, is among those listed as belonging to Eric Kipkurui Mutai, and which the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), claims was acquired through proceeds of corruption.