Arrest Looters of Sh.5Billion Lost School Funds, Mp tells EACC
The Mp said it was time the government stamped its authority by not only sacking those involved but recovering the Billions before jailing them to suffer for their crimes against the innocent Kenyan learner.
By Wakhungu Andanje
Security apparatus through have been asked to swing into action and bring to book looters of funds meant for schools amounting to over sh54Billion.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) through Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) should prompt the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to hunt down the rogue cartel behind the education funding syndicate.
Lugari Mp Nabii Nabwera who sits in both the parliamentary accounts (PAC) and education committee,said it was time the law enforcers cracked the whip considering the magnitude of the offense and its repercussions.
Speaking in his constituency at Lwandeti DEB primary school while commissioning grade 9 classrooms at the same time launching the construction of storey classrooms, the furious Mp said it was shocking to notice the level of graft some officials from the ministry of education and treasury had developed to swindle the government funds generated from taxes.
“Now it is time for the EACC and DPP through DCI to stop chasing demonstrators, the real elephant is in the house and they should nab all those involved” he called.
Nabwera wondered why would some officials decide to swindle funds meant for a poor child in Mandera, Teso Turkana across the country meant to facilitate their education and expect to walk scot-free while majority of Kenyan parents are forced to dig deeper into their pockets to remit taxes to government.
He at the same time called on those involved in the scandal to present themselves before being apprehended by the sleuths.
Auditor general Nancy Gathungu
The Mp said it was time the government stamped its authority by not only sacking those involved but recovering the Billions before jailing them to suffer for their crimes against the innocent Kenyan learner.
In the 2020/21 and 2021/22financial year report, misappropriation of funds has been unearthed with free day secondary school(FDSS) losing (Sh.31Billion),free primary education (Sh.16Billion) while special needs education in secondary schools lost (Sh. 7Billion) raising concerns over the transparency and accountability within the ministry of education and its affiliates.
He said the scheme is a well calculated heist between corrupt officials who facilitates the disbursement of the said funds to ghost schools (33), that somehow appears on the national education management information system (NEMIS) database but are only operational on paper but have no physical existence.
It is hinted that the culprits involved in this scheme are drawn from the ministry of education who are working in cahoots with some treasury officials to manipulate the Nemis database where they create fake and non existing schools, inflates enrolment figures and approve large sums to schools without proper verification process being followed.
Cabinet secretary ministry of education Julius Migos Ogamba
According to the auditor general Nancy Gathungu, also involved in the scam are the data entry clerks who validate and fund distribution.
For over four years,it has been revealed that government lost Billions of shillings through funding of non existing schools and which has left the country’s school capitation deficit staggering at Sh.117Billion.
It is on record that, discrepancies between NEMIS and actual enrolment led to over funding of 723 institutions of which 354 secondary schools got Sh.3.5Billion,99 Junior secondary school was allocated Sh.30.8Million while 272 from primary sector had Sh.799Million.
The audit report confirms that the schools are indeed in the system but cannot be visibly be traced on the ground.
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