**Ten former top officials are due in a Kenyan court on corruption charges over the purchase of land for a cemetery.**They are accused of paying $3.6m (£2.4m) of taxpayers’ money for the land, which was only worth 10% as much and which did not have a title-deed.
The 10, who include Nairobi’s former town clerk and the most senior official in the local government ministry, were arrested on Wednesday.
Donors have strongly criticised Kenya’s government for not tackling corruption.
The 10 were arrested by officials from the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (Kacc).
Kacc spokesman Nicholas Simani said the investigation established a “well-orchestrated fraud in which the Nairobi City Council was misled by its officers”.
He said the land purchased was not even suitable for use as a cemetery.
It is alleged that the land in Nairobi’s Machakos district was purchased for 283m Kenyan shillings, when it was worth 24m shillings.
Nine other people are also being investigated over the alleged scam.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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