Embattled National Youth Service (NYS) Director General Richard Ndubai and the Public Service, Youth and Gender Principal Secretary Lillian Mbogo Omollo have stepped aside to give room for investigation over the loss of Sh. 9 billion in the organisation.
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The two presented their letters to step aside to President Uhuru Kenyatta who accepted the offer to have the two officers who were majorly implicated in the scandal to step aside for three months.
This afternoon, the President accepted the offer by the two officers to step aside for a period of three months to allow investigating agencies to complete their work @UKenyatta
— Amb. Manoah Esipisu EBS (@MEsipisu) May 18, 2018
State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu confirmed their stepping aside and noted that the head of state expected any other public officer implicated in the scam to also follow suit and step aside.
The President also expects any public official directly implicated in the investigations to uphold the code of integrity and ethics to which they are committed and to act accordingly @UKenyatta
— Amb. Manoah Esipisu EBS (@MEsipisu) May 18, 2018
He said that investigations were being carried out to find out whether the payments were done in line with the procedure and whether they were done for services rendered.
Investigative agencies have over the past few weeks been investigating payments at the National Youth Service (NYS), with a clear intention of ascertaining whether they were made following the correct procedures…
— Amb. Manoah Esipisu EBS (@MEsipisu) May 18, 2018
…. whether they were made for services delivered; and whether there was any fraud committed in the processes.
— Amb. Manoah Esipisu EBS (@MEsipisu) May 18, 2018
The two public officers were allegedly behind the companies that received tenders to supply NYS, hired close relatives without a clear job description. They authorized payments to fake debtors at the expense of real ones.
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