If you arrange notes of 21 billion in a straight line, they will cover the distance from Mombasa to Lodwar. Now that is quite a distance; more than 10,000 kms.
In other words am saying 21 billion si pesa ya kununua mandanzi, ni pesa mingi sana sana!
So where are the looters hiding this money? It is suddenly not in any bank here in Kenya.
The DPP has a hard task finding the location of this money or the property that was acquired using the money.
On Friday, he announced that his office is working closely with that of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in ensuring that suspects are not only arrested and prosecuted, but also return what was stolen.
“We must get a handle on more than Sh21 billion that has already been paid out, trace where and to whom every shilling has been paid to so as to trace and establish any intended corrupt payments if any and the recipients thereof,” Haji said in a statement, that also confirmed that experts from his office are working closely with the DCI.
DPP’S Press Statement on Investigation concerning Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) and Rift Valley Water Services Board #AntiCorruption_ODPP pic.twitter.com/PdLAIGs1tT— ODPP_KE (@ODPP_KE) March 8, 2019
“I constituted a team of prosecutors to work closely with the DCI to ensure that the investigations into these projects are meticulous, comprehensive and expeditiously carried out,” he said.
So far questioned is Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, his Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge, Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) top officials as well as directors of more than 100 companies said to have profiteered from the scam—some supplying goods and services not related to the dams.
“I have also noted the shocking magnitude of the amounts involved and the range of parties that are of interest to the investigations,” Haji said, without naming names.
This, he said, “has in turn made investigations complex requiring investigators to cover a wide range of areas.”