NYS Scandal Unveiled: Millions in Excessive Payments to Employees Trigger Investigation
On Tuesday, June 13, the Public Investments Committee on Social Services Administration and Agriculture of the National Assembly questioned the newly appointed Director General of the National Youth Service (NYS), James Tembur, as well as the Head of Finance, Francis Ndegwa. The committee is responsible for social services administration and agriculture.
Members of Parliament wanted more information about reports that stated certain National Youth Service officials had improperly spent taxpayer money.
Following the meeting, the Members of Parliament made allegations that public employees who had duplicated duties had stolen money from the government.
The members of the legislature, led by the chairperson Emanuel Wangwe (MP for Navakholo), questioned the irregular payment of gratuities totaling Ksh7,532,909 to former Director General Richard Ndubai, even though Ndubai is currently the subject of a legal proceeding.
Notably, the former DG was fired from the service after a series of corruption cases, and he was facing charges over a scandal involving Ksh8 billion at NYS when the scandal broke.
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In addition, the members of the committee were concerned about the irregular appointment of a procurement specialist who was given a two-year consultancy contract worth a total of ksh6,777,680 in compensation.
A monthly basic salary of Ksh332,040 was earned by one of the accused officers, which is significantly higher than the maximum threshold of Ksh315,700 that was recommended by the Public Service Commission (PSC).
Another issue that was brought up by the committee was the unsupported expenditure at the service of Ksh49 million on fuel, oil, and lubricants. This was an issue with the service.
As a result of the absence of a signed contract agreement between the service and the suppliers, the sampled payment of vouchers relating to the provision of fuel was also unable to be accounted for. The Committee observed that this action was a violation of the Public Finance Management Act 2012 (PFM Act), which was passed in 2012.
“We can provide the details regarding the total amount of fuel that we drew on this Local Purchasing Order (LPO).
Nevertheless, it was not an open-ended LPO but rather one that was based on the requirement, the DG explained.
According to the report that was issued by the Auditor General, which caused an alarm to be raised, the officials from the service were questioned about inaccuracies and discrepancies.
The members of parliament requested a second meeting with the officials on Wednesday, June 14, to gain further insight into the matter.
NYS Scandal Unveiled: Millions in Excessive Payments to Employees Trigger Investigation
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