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The Oil Company That Bankrolled a Private Hospital: How Bernard Amuor Makeny Allegedly Turned Nilepet Into His Personal ATM

Leaked loan documents, bank records and whistleblower accounts reveal how the former Nilepet Managing Director allegedly pressured subordinates to borrow USD 1 million in the national oil company’s name, then routed the funds through a subsidiary to his wife’s private account to construct a hospital in a Juba property linked to a UN-sanctioned general. Now Afriland First Bank is preparing to sue the subsidiary he left holding the debt, while Amuor poses as a governance reformer.

DESK AfricaPUBLISHED 27 JunBY Kenya Insights Team

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