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DPP orders arrest of Maasai Mara VC, 4 others in Sh177m graft probe
Professor Mary Walingo, who was suspended as Vice-Chancellor of Maasai Mara University in September 2019.
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What you need to know:
- In a statement detailing an apparent scheme to corruptly take money from the university, Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji said there was sufficient evidence to prosecute the five people.
- The others whose arrest and prosecution Mr Haji ordered on Monday were DVCs Simon Kasaine ole Sano (Administration, Finance and Planning) and John Almadi Obere (Academic and Student Affairs), as well as Finance Officer Anaclet Biket Okumu and Prof Walingo's driver Noor Hassan Abdi.
- Prof Walingo was sent on compulsory leave in September 2019 after a media expose implicated her in an intricate corruption network said to have cost the university millions of shillings.
Maasai Mara University Vice-Chancellor Mary Walingo is among five people the DPP wants arrested over the irregular withdrawal of about Sh177 million from the institution's accounts.
In a statement detailing an apparent scheme to corruptly take money from the university, Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji said there was sufficient evidence to prosecute the five people.
