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Prisons cleaner accused of buying maisonette to launder Sh17 million

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Erick Kipkirui at a Milimani court on July 19, 2024. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Multimillionaire prisons cleaner Eric Kipkirui Mutai and his bosses were on Friday charged with corruptly receiving Sh301.9 million from the State Department for Correctional Services for "supplying air".

Appearing before Anti-Corruption Magistrate Celesa Okore, Mutai and his co-accused denied 68 corruption charges of conspiracy to commit an economic crime, abuse of office and money laundering.

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