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CS Sicily Kariuki Summoned Over Unauthorised Chopper Ride
A parliamentary oversight committee has summoned Water and Sanitation Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki over questionable expenditures including an unauthorized helicopter ride.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) wants the CS to explain the expenditures during her time as the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Youth Affairs.
The office of the Auditor-General flagged the expenditures on the accounts of the Public Service ministry for the 2017/18 financial year. It emerged that CS Kariuki used a chopper hired by the National Youth Service (NYS) for personal use.
The chopper had been chartered to fly staff members at a cost of Sh7.7 million but the CS reportedly diverted it to drop her at the Windsor Country Club for a private function which was not in the approved itinerary thereby attracting additional charges.
THE STANDARD By
Moses Nyamori |
February 17th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Water Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki’s (
pictured) name was yesterday dragged into questionable expenditures where a helicopter hired by the National Youth Service (NYS) at Sh7.7 million was diverted to drop her at Windsor Hotel for a private engagement.
Kariuki was also put on the spot for spending Sh2.3 million – which was not budgeted for – to hire toilets and catering services during a one-day meeting she presided over at Gilgil National Youth Service (NYS).
Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday heard that NYS was billed for the chopper ride to the hotel despite it not being part of the itinerary that was requisitioned by the accounting officer.
Investors seek Konza piece as projects open up area
Friday December 18 2020
An impression of the Konza Tochnopolis Park in Malili, Machakos. Information PS Bitange Ndemo has defied the Attorney-General’s opinion over land allocation in a multi-billion shilling ICT park to be built on a 5,000-acre site south of Nairobi. Photo | File
By KEVIN ROTICH
Summary
Land buyers include hospitals, real estate developers, institutions of higher learning, the National Construction Authority (NCA) and the Kenya electricity transmission company (Ketraco).
Phase one of the Konza project, which sits on a 410-acres of land, is distributed into mixed use (89 acres), university (39 acres), residential (26 acres) and life science (26 acres).