High-value arrests and raids by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in the graft war, which at one point seemed to be President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy project, have reduced, as the Executive shifts focus to other matters of political significance such as the Building Bridges Initiative. But behind the scenes, there has been progress, and EACC boss Twalib Mbarak, in an interview with The Standard, insists that the war on corruption is still very much on course. In terms of asset tracing and recovery, the commission boss said they had recovered assets worth approximately Sh20 billion in the last five years. The commission has further recovered public land situated along Bishops Road, Nairobi, belonging to Kenya School of Law, and which is valued at Sh700 million. One can easily obtain the records of our progress in terms of the number of investigations conducted, persons charged, persons convicted, assets recovered and corruption networks disrupted among others.

Source: Standard Digital January 25, 2021 16:46 UTC