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  "id": 1692983,
  "title": "EACC arrests Treasury officials, business owners over alleged Sh1.57bn PROFIT Programme fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/eacc-arrests-treasury-officials-business-owners-over-alleged-sh1-57bn",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:33:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital FM Kenya",
    "slug": "capital-fm-kenya",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/eacc-arrests-treasury-officials-business-owners-over-alleged-sh1-57bn-profit-programme-fraud/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 — The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested senior National Treasury officials and business owners over an alleged Sh1.57 billion fraud scheme involving funds meant…",
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "EACC arrests nine over alleged Sh1.57 billion PROFIT Programme Fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/eacc-arrests-nine-over-alleged-sh1-57-billion-profit-programme-fraud",
        "published": "2026-08-18T10:31:20.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}