EDUCATION minister Prof Sam Ongeri was yesterday fighting to exonerate himself from claims of culpability over the Sh4.2 billion missing from his ministry. The British Government announced it will demand refunds for its contributions into the kitty.
Irish Times, a British newspaper, yesterday quoted government sources as having warned that Prime Minister David Cameron’s government will now cease to channel funds directly to the government and demands will be made for the return over 43 million UK pounds.
The department for international development is demanding institutional cleanup within government before resuming normal engagements on matters of finance. KACC boss PLO Lumumba has already asked President Kibaki to sack the minister if he refuses to resign.
The department for international development is demanding institutional cleanup within government before resuming normal engagements on matters of finance. KACC boss PLO Lumumba has already asked President Kibaki to sack the minister if he refuses to resign.
Yesterday Ongeri was seeking attention from MPs at Parliament buildings to explain his innocence in the matter. Calls have intensified to have the minister forced to resign in order to give room for serious investigations. Ongeri yesterday explained that four key officers involved in the scandal from the ministry have been sacked. “We have fired the Chief Finance Officer, The Principal Accountant, Deputy Principle Accountant and the Accounting Officer over this matter,” the minister said.
He further revealed that close to Sh1.9 billion had been allocated to non extent schools by those involved in Kenya’s most recent economic scandal. Ongeri said he detected the fraud immediately he joined the ministry and that the theft happened before he joined the ministry.
The minister sought to explain that the audit involved the 2005 and the 2009 financial years when Prof George Saitoti, now minister for Internal Security, headed the ministry. Ongeri said that 512 schools are involved in the scandal according to the report from the Treasury which was released by Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta.
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