In KSh 1.1b Finland Scholarship Saga, DPP orders Mandago’s arrest
In KSh 1.1b Finland Scholarship Saga, DPP orders Mandago’s arrest
The ODPP has given the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) permission to file charges against senator Jackson Mandago of Uasin Gishu.
Twalib Mbarak, the CEO of EACC, announced during a public lecture given by former head of public service Ambassador Francis Muthaura that the commission had suggested prosecuting Kenyans who were thought to have been involved in graft.
According to Mbarak, the inquiry file submitted by the EACC for Mandago and three other county officials to face charges has been accepted by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Mandago is going to be charged with a number of offenses, including uttering fake documents in violation of section 353 of the penal code, abusing office, breach of trust, and conspiring to commit an economic crime. “There are several high-profile cases in our quarterly report, some including Senator Uasin Gishu. Where the renowned Finland scandal is located.
We have requested that the senator be charged, and we are currently following through on this. I believe we have received permission to charge the senator, and we have suggested that he be prosecuted in connection with the well-known Finland scandal,” the senator stated.
What the Mandago probe discovered
The Finland scholarship scandal is one of 39 instances that the ODPP is recorded as having investigated in the quarterly report released by the EACC. Of the 43 cases that the commission forwarded, eight were accepted for prosecution.
The investigation found that KSh 315.9 million was given to foreign organizations, KSh 50.7 million to local organizations, and KSh 284.4 million to universities in Finland and Canada. According to reports, KSh 308.9 million and KSh 74.2 million were taken out of cash investigations.
Oscar Sudi requests that Mandago sell land to pay back his parents. Prior to this, Mandago was asked by MP Oscar Sudi of Kapseret to sell land and compensate parents whose funds were squandered during the Finland Saga.
According to Sudi, since the four people whose identities have been linked to the Finland education scam are not impoverished, they need to make sure they get their money back.
Additionally, the MP attested to the fact that funds had been taken out of the accounts and that the public could see the evidence.
