The Mumias Sugar Company scandal is proving to be a nightmare to many politicians who have been linked to its collapse.
The murder of the Company's legal affairs manager Ronald Lubya and a letter written by the Company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Errol Johnson, has exposed fresh details linking the top politicians to the troubled miller.
Kenyans.co.ke compiled the following list of politicians linked to the collapse of the sugar miller.
Spectre International - a company associated with the former premier Raila Odinga is alleged to have failed to pay money owed to the troubled miller. It is not clear if Spectre International owes the company any money and how much it is.
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A letter written by the former company CEO alleged that Deputy President William Ruto and other senior government officials frustrated attempts to revive the company. It further alleges that Ruto and other politicians attempted to extort Sh10 Million from the CEO through the company's board chairman Kennedy Mulwa.
[caption caption="DP William Ruto"]
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The Nairobi governor once served as the CEO and has been accused of masterminding a looting spree that brought the sugar miller to its knees. A section of members of parliament has called for his prosecution.
[caption caption="Evans Kidero"]
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The Mumias East Member of Parliament made his entry into the Mumias sugar company scandal after Lugari MP Ayub Savula alleged that he may have been involved in the death of the company's legal affairs manager.
Savula called on police to investigate the legislator even as investigations on the death of Ronald Lubya continue.
[caption caption="Benjamin Washiali"]
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Kakamega Governor Wyclife Oparanya was sensationally linked to the firm by his Senate counterpart Bonny Khalwale.
Khalwale is reported to have said that "Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya lied to us when he said he supported Mumias. The Sh200 Million allocated to the company ended up in the pockets of individuals and never reached the company."
[caption caption="Wycliffe Oparanya"]
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The former CEO Errol Johnson disclosed in a letter that the Thugge, who serves as the Treasury Cabinet Secretary, blocked banks from financing the company. He also accused Thugge of taking longer than necessary to avail funds that the government had given to bail out the troubled miller.
[caption caption="Kamau Thugge"]
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