The Standard ­ Thursday
Date: 06.04.2017
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Two firms in Sh51m scam to return money
Two companies implicated in the theft
of Sh51 million from the County Govern­
hacking of the Integrated Financial Man­
agement Information System.
ment of Kilifi last year have agreed to
The hacking enabled the money to be
return the money, Governor Amason
Kingi has announced.
The money was wired from the county
government's account at the Central Bank
of Kenya into the accounts of six firms
based in Nairobi following the alleged
transferred to the firms' accounts based
employees of the county government
have been charged with graft in Kilifi and
in Nairobi.
Nairobi.
Former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana
has been interrogated by detectives after
being implicated as a mastermind and
beneficiary of the scam. Mr Mungatana
has denied any wrongdoing.
Several directors of the firms and
Mr Kingi (pictured) said yesterday
Zohali Services and Jahazi Investments
had agreed to return the money after the
county government went to court.
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