Cleaner among 5 former State Department for Correctional Services staff to be charged Sh450mn graft » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 19 – A cleaner is among 5 suspects in the State Department for Correctional Services that are set to be charged on Friday over the loss of over Sh450 million.

According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the suspects are Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said the suspects are among a group of 13 former officials who caused the loss of the funds through tender payments for goods that were never delivered.

The anti-graft agency indicated that they are accused of servicing tenders for purported supply of food and rations to various prison stations by 17 companies linked to them.

The Commission said the alleged crime occurred during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 Financial Years.

“The suspects are currently undergoing processing at the EACC Integrity Center Police Station. They will be detained at Kilimani Police Station pending arraignment before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on Friday, July 19, 2024, at 9 am,” EACC deputy CEO Abdi Mohamud said.

He said the suspects in custody occasioned the loss of Sh257 million of the total funds in question.

Among those in custody are two accountants, a chief finance officer and a cleaner at the Department of Correctional Services who also acted as a director of the seven companies which allegedly received the funds.

The deputy CEO said the other eight suspects who are still at large should surrender themselves at the EACC offices early Friday morning.

They include two directors of two of the companies, three accountants, a prison warder, a former deputy commissioner of prisons and a deputy director, of supply chain services.

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