Sh10 billion Anglo-Leasing case ends as court frees two last suspects

Suspects in Angloleasing scandal David Onyonka (left) who is the former head of debt management at the Treasury and former Permanent Secretary in the ministry of interior Dave Mwangi at a Milimani court on February 11, 2021. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

In July 2003, the late President Mwai Kibaki's administration began an ambitious multibillion-shilling project to modernise police and security operations in the country.

What promised to be mega face lift of security operations however turned out to be the first big scandal to hit Kibaki's government where it was alleged that more than Sh10 billion was lost through the Anglo-Leasing Scandal.