The Kenyan government secretly paid £700,000 (approximately Ksh120 million) to John Ward, the father of Julie Ward, a British tourist allegedly murdered in Masai Mara National Reserve in 1988.

• The payment was reportedly made in 1997, with assistance from British MI6, to cover expenses John Ward incurred while seeking justice.
• The payment was "off the record" to encourage John Ward to abandon further investigation into his daughter's death.
• An Egyptian pathologist, Adel Shaker, initially intimidated into signing a false report, later revealed Julie Ward's remains indicated murder, contradicting original claims of an animal attack or lightning.
• The prime suspect was Jonathan Moi, son of then-President Daniel Arap Moi, who died in 2019 without facing charges, despite recent evidence placing him at the scene.