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EACC goes after Uhuru men over botched Sh6 billion Telkom sale

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Telkom mobile phone subscribers queue to upgrade their new sim cards registration at Telkom house, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The anti-graft agency has recommended the arrest of key officials in former President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration and the embattled Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakango over the botched Sh6 billion sale of Telkom Kenya.

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, which is headed by CEO Twalib Mubarak, has asked the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to institute charges against former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, former Treasury Principal Secretary Julius Muia and former Telkom Kenya officials for alleged economic crimes in the sale of the telco.

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