Kenya’s public prosecutor has asked the country’s anti-graft body and police to file a report within 10 days into possible irregularities from spending of the country’s two billion dollars Eurobond.
The opposition, led by Raila Odinga, is pushing for investigation into how government spent 140 billion shillings ($1.37 billion) from the Eurobond.
But the government on Wednesday, through Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich, denied that any money went missing.
Rotich invited Odinga to the Treasury to examine government spending on the Eurobond.
Rotich invited Odinga to the Treasury to examine government spending on the Eurobond.
Public frustration has mounted in recent months over the failure to prosecute top officials accused of corruption.
The Eurobond spending is under investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and by the police’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko said.
In a letter to both agencies, Tobiko said: “Interrogate, record statements and obtain evidence from all parties concerned and forward the complete file to my office within 10 days.”
Kenyatta reshuffled some of his cabinet earlier this week after several ministers stepped aside because of allegations of corruption, a growing concern to Kenyans.
In an unusual move, last month the ambassadors of the U.S., Britain and nine other countries said Kenya faced a “corruption crisis”.
In an unusual move, last month the ambassadors of the U.S., Britain and nine other countries said Kenya faced a “corruption crisis”.
The countries said they would step up efforts to prevent the flow of illicit funds out of the country.
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