UK company fined Sh330 million for bribing Kenya officials
Former Kenya National Examination Council CEO Paul Wasanga in a past function in 2013. Mr Wasanga was alleged to have received money to award contract for printing exam certificates. Court papers say the former IIEC CEO James Oswago placed order for ballot papers and that payment included bribes for poll officials. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Verdict comes close to a year after two directors were handed jail terms and fined over IIEC and Knec deals.
The court fined the company £1,316,799 (Sh197.5 million) as well as £881,158 (Sh132 million) to satisfy a confiscation order applied for by the Serious Fraud Office and £25,000 (Sh3.8 million) in costs.
On Saturday, the company said it would accept to pay the fine and is conducting a review of its business operations to avoid a repeat.
A London Court has ordered a British printing company convicted of bribing Kenya officials to win security printing contracts to pay a Sh330 million (£2.2 million) fine.
Kenyan authorities remain stuck with little headway made in local investigations and with no one charged over the matter to date.
