Ruto Cabinet Secretary who missed out on loot exposed toxic sugar deal..

President William Ruto yesterday fired a warning shot to corrupt officials even as details of an alleged falling-out between a Cabinet Secretary, a top government officer, and two MPs on how to share proceeds from the expired sugar blew cover on the unfolding scandal…

Multiple sources within government disclosed how the senior official and two MPs from Central Kenya hatched a plot to release the condemned sugar that was stored at the ICDC in Mombasa customs depot by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), The CS in question is said to have got wind of the deal and demanded a cut. He is said to have been seeking his spoils through a senior official in one of the implicated agencies. The said official was among those suspended when the scandal broke.

A document, authored by Kebs Director of Quality Assurance Geoffrey Muriira and approved by Mr Njiraini on behalf of the National Standard Council, recommended the release of the sugar for conversion into ethanol “as there is no risk to human beings or animals as the proposed ethanol was only for industrial use”.