The two, directors at United Millers Ltd, were arrested in Kisumu last Wednesday and transferred to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters in Nairobi for questioning before being booked at the Muthaiga Police Station. The businessmen, alongside Henry Musyoki Kavita, Magnesh Kumar Verma and United Millers, are alleged to have conspired to defraud B.N. “We believe that Mr Riungu is abusing the powers and privileges bestowed upon him by the people of Kenya through the Constitution. Mr Riungu, in our opinion, has shown a conflict of interest in this matter,” he said in a June 4 letter. In a ruling in December 2015, Justice Hillary Chemitei ordered the firm to pay United Millers Sh124,106,600, together with costs.

Source: Daily Nation June 06, 2020 18:00 UTC