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Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) now estimates that the amount of taxpayer’s money that has been embezzled in the edible oil scam could run into 30 billion shillings and not just the 16.5 billion shilling currently being investigated. This is as the Senate Committee on trade and Investment lamented of deliberate frustrations by officials both at the Kenya National Trading Corporation and its parent trade ministry in its quest to probe the scam.
Top government officials among suspects to be questioned over the cooking oil scandal
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