EACC Seeks Sh11.1m From Ministry of Education Officier Who Funded ‘Ghost’ School.
The anti-graft commission has filed a suit against a clerical officer at the Ministry of Education in order to recover Sh11.1 million and land parcels.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Joshua Momanyi of the State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education obtained the funds by funding a non-existent secondary school.
According to the Commission, Momanyi funded a non-existent Mundeku Secondary School in Kakamega County’s Khwisero Sub-County between August 2017 and September 2018.
During that time, Momanyi was in charge of creating schedules for all schools that would receive Free Day Secondary Education funds.
EACC conducted an investigation after receiving a report of a possible graft scheme and discovered that Mundeku was not a registered school.
“This is further collaborated by D1 who says Oxford University Press could not locate the school in Khwisero,” EACC said.
The Commission also discovered that the clerical officer opened and managed the Equity Bank account used to receive the total of Sh11,131,305,53.
Momanyi also manages a KCB Bank account where some of the money from Equity was transferred, according to EACC.
Further investigation revealed two land parcels purchased with stolen funds from Equity and KCB in Komarock and Mavoko town, respectively.
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“Further financial investigations revealed that he also purchased a motor vehicle Registration Number KCP 186L from Kencarz Ltd at a sale price of Sh2,500,000 payable by installments. At the time of the investigations, he had paid Sh2,350,000,” the Commission said.
In another story, irresponsible behavior could soon cost you a job as the government pushes for mandatory integrity tests for Kenyans seeking public-sector employment.
This will happen if the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2022, which seeks to amend 56 pieces of legislation and is currently being debated in the National Assembly, becomes law.
The bill proposes to amend the Leadership and Integrity Act of 2012 to give the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) sole authority over conducting integrity tests on job applicants.
EACC Seeks Sh11.1m From Ministry of Education Officier Who Funded ‘Ghost’ School
