Construction is Kenya’s top money laundering sector

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Workers at a construction site in Eldoret town, Kenya. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

More than half of private companies that have been reported for money laundering are in the construction sector, according to a government report that sheds fresh light on the prevalence of shady dealings in the cash-intensive sector.

The National Risk Assessment On Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing of Legal Persons and Legal Arrangements – Kenya report the Business Registration Service (BRS) publishes shows 10,733 registered private companies were reported for money laundering in 2022.