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Mandago, three ex-officers face charges over Sh1.1b airlift scam

Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago (centre) at Nakuru Police Station. He faces charges over flopped airlift plan that fleeced parents. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago will be arraigned in court on Thursday over the Finland education programme scandal.

Mandago and three other county officials face a raft of charges ranging from conspiracy to defraud, stealing, abuse of office and forgery amounting to over Sh1.1 billion.

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