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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Omollo on September 26, 2015, 10:35:19 AM
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She must be falling for real for the Nation to publish this
Four companies linked to individuals with political connections received the bulk of the Sh791 million that Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru said was lost through the National Youth Service.
Most of the money was paid for works done in the upgrading of Nairobi’s Kibera slums, Saturday Nation investigations reveal.
Among the individuals are a nominated senator, the daughter of a senior politician in the ruling coalition, a brother of a consultant engaged to reform the youth service, a senior officer in the Devolution ministry and an ODM politician.
When she revealed the loss of the money, Ms Waiguru named 21 public officials she said were responsible for the fraud. She said she would forward their names to Public Service Commission for action.
But two weeks later, Saturday Nation has established that no action has been taken against the individuals.
The Public Service Commission chairperson, Prof Margaret Kobia, appeared to throw the ball back into Ms Waiguru’s court, saying the CS had powers to constitute a ministerial human resource advisory committee to determine the fate of the individuals involved after hearing their side.
The committee decision would be sent to the commission for action.
“The committee must make a decision within the stipulated time frame and inform the commission,” she said in a telephone interview.
However, Prof Kobia could not say what the stipulated time is. Our efforts to get Ms Waiguru to comment on whether the committee had been set up or not were fruitless. But sources at NYS and the ministry said the individuals had not been suspended.
The Saturday Nation was told that the Sh791 million was paid between December last year and April for the rehabilitation of the Kibera slums, which Ms Waiguru personally supervised.
The works included construction of roads, clinics, toilets, water points and unblocking of drainage, which was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The decision to pay, the Saturday Nation was further told, originated from the officers on the ground.
They included a road and site engineer, seconded to the project by the Ministry of Roads, as well as officials from Ms Waiguru’s office, who supervised the Kibera projects. None of these individuals are in the list of those recommended for prosecution.
Questions are also being asked about the fate of investigations in what Ms Waiguru said in June was an attempt to steal Sh800 million using the stolen Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) passwords of the youth service deputy director, Mr Adan Harakhe.
Mr Harakhe was among the 21 officials recommended for prosecution. He was headhunted by Ms Waiguru and given the power to incur expenses in place of the director-general, Dr Nelson Githinji.
The narrative in June was that whoever tampered with the Ifmis and made the fraudulent payments stole the password from Mr Harakhe.
Some sources in the ministry said the password was never stolen as claimed but Mr Harakhe committed the funds with the approval of the ministry.
“Mr Harakhe was posted from the provincial administration and given those powers even before he was trained on Ifmis and his appointment formalised by the Cabinet Secretary.
He committed the funds only for them to turn around and claim the password was stolen. It’s a total lie”, one of the officials in the list of 21 told Saturday Nation.
The aim now, sources say, is to use the 21 suspects as fall guys who will be taken to court while the real culprits go scot-free.
The youth service came into the limelight after its annual budget was increased from Sh13 billion to Sh25 billion to implement State infrastructural projects.
Ms Waiguru has taken a keen interest in NYS with critics saying she is micro-managing it.
An official at her ministry who did not want to be named, defended her saying: “With such an allocation, a lot is expected from her in terms of delivery so there is nothing wrong in what she is doing.”
But critics say morale at the NYS is low following the replacement of several “analogue” officers.
The latest casualty is the former head of the Gilgil unit, Mr David Dicks Alunga, who was transferred after he allegedly refused to receive supplies from “favoured” suppliers.
He has been recommended for prosecution as he sat in one of the committees involved in the Sh780 million Kibera projects.
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Omorlo,
I was prepared to forgive Mutahe for his silly tales and clichés; a broda gotta put food on the table after all, but when he dipped his fingers in the cookie jar, he lost me.
Who are these names?
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Omorlo,
I was prepared to forgive Mutahe for his silly tales and clichés; a broda gotta put food on the table after all, but when he dipped his fingers in the cookie jar, he lost me.
Who are these names?
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Sh791m-NYS-paid-to-favoured-suppliers/-/1056/2886084/-/9eh247z/-/index.html
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Seem like "our time" to eat feasting...is going on NYS. That 17B allocation is just a red herring. That money will be eaten with nothing to show.
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Seem like "our time" to eat feasting...is going on NYS. That 17B allocation is just a red herring. That money will be eaten with nothing to show.
Waiguru decided to micro manage NYS. Here are some of the decisions she personally took
1. She fired and hired for NYS at will. Rugut was fired and Githinji sent over. Why???
2. She hired a guy outside the PSC system and gave her authority to spend money even before he was confirmed by the PSC - link : http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/central-bank-kenya-queries-huge-nys-payments
3. She procured the services of Mutahi Ngunyi without any bidding or Scope of Work etc. She decided what to pay him (40M)
4. She gave orders to NYS directing where activities should be held
5. She seconded staff to NYS projects making NYS staff subordinate to her own ministry staff in those projects
6. She presided over a very opaque procurement system
7. Over 97% of the NYS "suppliers" appear to come from one ethnic group
Now which of the above is insignificant and can be ignored? Which is so minor that she can continue in office?
Did she send Mr Adan Harakhe to NYS and grant him spending authority so he could channel the money to her cronies and herself? That is how it would appear and she can only be cleared after an investigation.
Waiguru also:
1. Claimed that "no money was lost" link = http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/corruption-fighting-back-waiguru-says-she-stopped-theft-sh826-million-nys . It turns out she was either mistaken or lying;
2.
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nominated senator = beth mugo
consultant engaged to reform = mutahi ngunyi
odm politician = K1 Kariuki
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I thought the "hard working" CS Waiguru had cleaned the Kibera slums a task that one Raila Odinga never achieved in his 20 year reign as MP of Kibera :D
Parliamnet had proposed to increase the NYS budget from the now 17B to 25B next year then later by 2017 to 80B.
Kenya must be a rich country with so much cash to waste.
Seem like "our time" to eat feasting...is going on NYS. That 17B allocation is just a red herring. That money will be eaten with nothing to show.
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What should be jarring? That the crime is known. The criminals are known. As are the amounts. They have enough evidence to that effect. And nobody is doing anything to get the money back.
Think a robber snatching a woman's purse. He is caught with it. And she does not demand her purse back.
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What should be jarring? That the crime is known. The criminals are known. As are the amounts. They have enough evidence to that effect. And nobody is doing anything to get the money back.
Think a robber snatching a woman's purse. He is caught with it. And she does not demand her purse back.
Have you wondered why the recipients of the cash were never interviewed by Njuguna Muhoro? It is left to Tobiko to cover his ass by publicly "ordering" them and the bank that laundered the money to reconrd statements.
I bet the money ended up with Waiguru and DCI cannot embarrass the President's mistress who is father to his bastard.
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you guys are missing the point. Its not Waiguru, rather the whole system is rotten. I thought the office of prosecution is independent but after this i have doubts. The only people who get prosecuted are the ones who steal chicken.
Whatever happened to the famous land case in NRB?
Whatever happened to the langata school land case?
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where's Akon ? wasn't he supposed to light up Kibera ?
(http://www.younghollywood.com/images/akon.jpg)
Believe in the future of Africa. Did he get lost in Botswana or something ? the only light I've seen in Kibera are fires and debt.
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I saw his interview and he is an ethical guy. Maybe thats why he skipped Kibera.
where's Akon ? wasn't he supposed to light up Kibera ?
(http://www.younghollywood.com/images/akon.jpg)
Believe in the future of Africa. Did he get lost in Botswana or something ? the only light I've seen in Kibera are fires and debt.
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What should be jarring? That the crime is known. The criminals are known. As are the amounts. They have enough evidence to that effect. And nobody is doing anything to get the money back.
Think a robber snatching a woman's purse. He is caught with it. And she does not demand her purse back.
Have you wondered why the recipients of the cash were never interviewed by Njuguna Muhoro? It is left to Tobiko to cover his ass by publicly "ordering" them and the bank that laundered the money to reconrd statements.
I bet the money ended up with Waiguru and DCI cannot embarrass the President's mistress who is father to his bastard.
Yep. Wanjiku has been shown the mido finga. Hii pesa, si ya mama yako. Ultimately it comes down to who wants it more. Wanjiku needs that money. But Waiguru and kamwana want it more. Wanjiku has shown neither will nor interest to not be robbed.
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Wanjiku has shown neither will nor interest to not be robbed.
That's pretty much the core of it. To put it in Dubya-language, here's Wanjiku's foremost concern: "Is our people eating?". (Whether she herself ever sees even a crumb is probably a secondary matter.)
Let's look at it from the point of view of those who steal big from the public coffers:
* They know that Kenyans admire and worship those with money, never mind how they got the money. Look at some of the people who are senators and governors!
* They know that only small thieves pay for their crimes. If you steal big---which means your collaborators are also big and you can buy whatever---then there is not the slightest chance of any sort of real prosecution.
* They know that if anyone with any sort of prosecutorial authority---or even any sort of authority at all---points out what is going on, then a cry of "money has been poured to finish our people!" is enough. "Our people" will promptly do their best to get in the way.
Knowing all that, why should they change?
Kenyans actually have exactly the sort of politicians they deserve, the sort they elect every 5 years. They get disgusted with one lot, thrown them out, and then promptly replace them with a similar lot!
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it ain't over till it is over ........ looks those named have started snitching on the real culprits
Anti-corruption detectives raided the National Youth Service headquarters in Nairobi on Tuesday and took away vouchers used to pay suppliers last month.
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Anti-graft-sleuths-probe-NYS-over-new-suspect-deals/-/1056/2892380/-/m2ry42/-/index.html