Kenya: MP Wants EACC Given Powers to Prosecute Corruption Offences

18 February 2019

Nairobi — Offenders accused of corruption risk facing the wrath of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) if a Bill designated to confer the anti-graft agency prosecutorial powers is enacted by Parliament.

In his renewed push that is seemingly aimed at trimming the powers of Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and that of the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Homa Bay MP Peter Kaluma wants the agency given limited powers to prosecute serious economic crimes, fraud, bribery among other weighty offenses.

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