The alleged architect of the Sh791 million NYS theft, Ben Gethi, and 10 others will be charged with money laundering, the DPP said yesterday.
This is in addition to the charges Gethi and other suspects are facing for stealing the money from the NYS.
The state, through the Asset Recovery Agency, has frozen assets belonging to Gethi and the other suspects.
Last September, DPP Keriako Tobiko wrote to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, instructing further probe on the theft.
“Having perused the resubmitted inquiry file, the DPP is satisfied that the evidence establishes the offence of money laundering,” Tobiko’s office said in a statement.
Others to be charged alongside Gethi are Jedidah Wangui, Nairobi hairdresser Josephine Kabura, John Kago, a driver at KCB and Samwel Wachenje, alias Sam Mwadim.
Others are Anthony Kihara, Paul Gachoka, John Vandamme, Martin Wanjohi and lawyer Patrick Ogola.
In November, Kabura in whose account Sh791 million NYS cash was deposited and redistributed, denied charges of embezzling funds when she appeared before chief magistrate Daniel Ogembo.
In December, assets worth Sh585 million allegedly acquired using funds from the NYS were traced and the recovery process started.
The properties include prime plots in upmarket Muthaiga in Nairobi, a new Range Rover and cash in various bank accounts.
The assets were purchased through proxies and lawyers and some registered using lawyers.
Last month, the ARA got more orders freezing Sh39 million property, including three Prado vehicles, a plot in Juja East and a maisonette in Kasarani.
Gachoka and Vandamme, who own the Prados, say they have not done any business with NYS.