Devolution PS Peter Mangiti to confront EACC investigators today as Ann Waiguru stays disobedient

Ann Waiguru

In what EACC termed as assistance of Investigations, Mr Mangiti will be barbecued on "charges of monetary indecency at NYS". A summons seen by The Standard dated October 30 and marked by EACC Director of Investigation Abdi Mohammed, showed that 14 other staff from the Ministerial Training Committee are relied upon to face the anti-graft agency.

 On the other hand, the Sh791 million NYS scandal won't be the main issue EACC investigators Gideon Rukaria and Mohamud Hassan will be looking for answers on. Recently, it was uncovered that the sum abused by the Devolution service could be path more than what was imagined. In a record introduced to the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC), various swelled figures were uncovered.

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The archive, which Mangiti contended was exhibited to PAC 'mistakenly', demonstrated an expansion of up to 900 for every penny in the buys made by the service. Other than the Sh1.7 million TV screen purchased by the service, a portable PC was obtained for Sh295,000 regardless of the way that its business sector cost is about sh30,000. And after that Sh450,000 was spent on 18 tailor-made condom distributors, which means one of them cost the service Sh25,000.

 Mangiti defended himself before the PAC saying that he was not acquainted with a percentage of the things supposedly secured in the 2013-14 financial year and additionally their details. He moved the fault to the acquirement authorities who he said are acquainted with the exchanges. These unbelievable overheads made the National Civil Society Congress, which is going by Bruce Odhiambo, to prior in the week demand that President Uhuru Kenyatta sack Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru.

Ms Waiguru distances herself from the acquirement chaos, saying there were "personalised attacks" coordinated at her notwithstanding the way that she is not the accounting officer.