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The year 2020 will go into the annals of history as one riddled with high-profile financial scandals amid efforts to tame the Covid-19 pandemic.
On top of the list of graft-hit parastatals is the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa), through which the taxpayer lost billions after the national drugs supplier inflated the prices of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE).
The scandal left Kemsa holding Sh3 billion worth of dead stock. And while, ironically, there is still need for more PPE across the country, the Kemsa stock is so inflated no one is willing to buy it.
Senior officials at Kemsa reportedly increased the prices of PPE by a whopping Sh7.8 billion as the coronavirus raged.
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Sh100 billion at the centre of governors’ graft court cases
County bosses are facing charges including mismanagement of public funds, irregular award of tenders and money laundering.
More than Sh100 billion is at the centre of on-going corruption cases some of which involve current and former governors. The amounts and details were revealed through corruption cases filed by Asset Recovery Agency and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in a bid to recover public funds. Migori, Garissa, Tharaka Nithi and Nairobi are among counties whose governors have been dragged to court to face graft charges. Migori Governor Okoth Obado was charged for allegedly defrauding the county government of more than Sh300 million.
THE STANDARD By
Paul Ogemba |
December 27th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Aerial view of Integrity Centre, EACC. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
More than Sh100 billion is at the centre of on-going corruption cases some of which involve current and former governors.
The amounts and details were revealed through corruption cases filed by Asset Recovery Agency and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in a bid to recover public funds.
Migori, Garissa, Tharaka Nithi and Nairobi are among counties whose governors have been dragged to court to face graft charges.
Migori Governor Okoth Obado was charged for allegedly defrauding the county government of more than Sh300 million.