BBC reveals how it roped Wetangula into BAT scam

A BBC investigation named Moses Wetangula into a bribery scandal involving British American Tobacco. PHOTO | FILE

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) used forensic experts and computer software to verify information it used in a story that implicated Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula in a bribery scandal involving tobacco manufacturer BAT, a Nairobi court has been told.

BBC investigative journalist Richard Cookson says in court filings that he personally used software provided by electronics giant Apple to verify the authenticity of emails exchanged between BAT officials and beneficiaries of the bribes.

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