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Former NHIF boss Kerich acquitted in Sh116m corruption case

Former NHIF boss Richard Kerich. [Courtesy]

Anti-corruption Court in Nairobi on Friday acquitted former National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) boss Richard Kerich in an Sh116 million alleged fraud case.

Milimani Magistrate Esther Nyutu in her judgment observed that the state had not proved that Kerich, former NHIF officials Marwa Chacha, and David Kipruto Chingi and two Meridian Medical Centre Limited directors Peter Wambugu and Ndiba Wairioko had conspired to defraud the insurer.

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