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Nyoro accuses Ruto and Dangote of seeking control of Kenya Pipeline Company

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Nyoro accuses Ruto and Dangote of seeking control of Kenya Pipeline CompanyMARTIN MBAU · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kenyan opposition MP Ndindi Nyoro accuses President William Ruto and Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote of seeking control of Kenya Pipeline Company, after Dangote acquired nearly a quarter of its shares. He says public bodies bought and then resold shares in the company, a transaction whose terms are disputed by the opposition, according to Citizen.

Kenyan opposition MP Ndindi Nyoro accuses President William Ruto and Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote of seeking majority control of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), after Dangote acquired about a quarter of its shares. He made these accusations, reported by Citizen, without presenting evidence in his statements.

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