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Political class blamed for 'lukewarm' financial crimes fight

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Flywheel Advisory Executive Director Grace Mburu (L), FRC Director Naomi Muchiri, Jubilee Holdings CEO Dr Julius Kipng'etich (R) at the Inaugural Kenya Anti-Financial Crime Summit Post Summit Report Launch. The report highlights key challenges and offers actionable recommendations to strengthen Kenya's financial system and support its removal from the FATF Grey List. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]

Stakeholders in the financial sector have cited a lack of political will as one of the major barriers to achieving financial integrity in Kenya.

This comes in the backdrop of Kenya's placement on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.

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