{
  "id": 1731869,
  "title": "DPP approves prosecution of treasury officials over Ksh1.5B misappropriation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/dpp-approves-prosecution-of-treasury-officials-over-ksh1-5b",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T14:21:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/dpp-approves-prosecution-of-treasury-officials-over-ksh1-5b-misappropriation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has approved the prosecution of nine individuals, including three National Treasury officials, over the misappropriation of Ksh1.569 billion under the Programme for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovation and Technologies (PROFIT). In a statement on its X account on August 18, 2026, the Office of the DPP said it had […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}