Kenya's Attorney General Githu Muigai on Thursday handed over dozens of files related to the Anglo Leasing scam to the Swiss ambassador Mr Jacques Pitteloud.
The Attorney General said that the information contained in the files will be used by Swiss investigators to identify the perpetrators of the multi-billion-shilling scandal with the possibility of prosecuting the players involved.
The Attorney General also said five individuals may soon face prosecution in local courts over their involvement in the Sh18 billion scandal. He however, did not name the individuals whose information is supposedly contained in the files instead saying that they had “a dozen box files of information”.
According to Prof Muigai and the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC), investigations on five files are approaching conclusion and once completed, the individuals will be prosecuted.
“The EACC is investigating five live files and the investigations are now at the tail end. Within a very short while, we will be able to say who will be prosecuted,” said the AG.
The transfer of the files comes two days after businessman Deepak Kamani moved to court seeking to stop the government from giving information to Switzerland over Anglo Leasing-type contracts.
Mr Kamani, his father Chamanlal Kamani and brother Rashmi Kamani wanted the court to bar the Attorney-General from acting on a request by the Swiss Federal Attorney for information about them over money laundering and dealings with firms implicated in the Sh18 billion contracts.
Switzerland alleges that the three were involved in money laundering between 1999 and 2004. If charges are filed, they could be extradited to the country for prosecution.
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