Waiguru, CBK governor could face probe over NYS scandal

Former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru and Central bank governor Patrick Njoroge. PHOTOS | FILE | NMG

What you need to know:

  • Lawmakers adopt House team report recommending Waiguru undergo investigations, a lifestyle audit and eventually be barred from public office over the NYS scandal.
  • Committee report had also recommended that the CBK governor's role in the scandal be probed.

MPs have dealt a major blow to former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru in her quest to put the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal behind her.

The legislators on Wednesday adopted a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recommending that Ms Waiguru undergo investigations, a lifestyle audit and eventually be barred from public office over the NYS scandal.

The PAC recommended that Ms Waiguru "be barred from holding public office, if found guilty after due process, in light of her overall leadership failures at the ministry.”

This was also for "Contravention of Chapter Six of the Constitution in its entirety but more specifically, Article 73 which provides that a State Officer must …bring honour to the nation and dignity to the office and promotes public confidence in the integrity of the office."

CBK governor

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) governor Patrick Njoroge has also been dragged into the saga after the PAC team also recommended that his role be probed.

The MPs want Dr Njoroge looked into for failing to prevent the circulation of stolen taxpayer money within the banking system.

They also want to establish whether he should be charged with abuse of office for not alerting the State of unusual payment requisitions from NYS and the Ministry of Devolution as demanded for under the CBK Act.

At least Sh1.2 billion was lost in the scandal that involved payments for phantom supplies and outright theft of cash from NYS bank accounts.

Portions of this story were first published on the Daily Nation website

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