40 public servants and 14 businessmen will be prosecuted in the over Sh8b NYS scam starting Tuesday, the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has announced.
According to Haji, the suspect's bank accounts have been frozen in the wake of arrests made on Sunday and Monday morning.
Preliminary Investigations into the suspect involved in the scandal have shown that there were no procurement procedures followed before companies were allocated tenders and paid in millions of public funds.
DPP Haji, in a statement on Monday afternoon, said the first phase of the probe had been completed and there was adequate evidence to have suspects prosecuted in court.
"There was no procurement done before money was paid. There was no procurement whatsoever in this investigation," announced Haji.
Among the charges the public servants will face is conspiracy to commit offences, breach of trust, willful neglect of duty and making fraudulent payments.
The officers will also be charged with abuse of office and fraudulent acquisition of public property in some of the transactions which the DPP noted have been traced back to 2013.
The DPP indicated that banks and financial institutions implicated in the scandal will be probed by a multi-agency team given they are required to raise an alarm whenever suspicious transactions are made.
"Banks are supposed to report whenever such massive transactions are made and we have noted there are such cases in this matter. We are investigating the banks as to whether they reported to the relevant authorities," he stated.
An additional four specialized prosecutors, the Director of Criminal Investigations and the assets recovery agencies will be enjoined in unravelling the perpetrators of the crimes.
The probe shall seek to recover proceeds of the loot and establish the individual and company records with KRA to ascertain compliance as more suspects emerge.
The following are names of individuals and companies allegedly involved in the scandal.
