Kenyans lose Sh1bn in ‘hot air’ payments to Prisons suppliers

Ms Zeinab Hussein, the Correctional Services Principal Secretary.  FILE PHOTO | NMG

Taxpayers lost about Sh1 billion in fictitious payments to suppliers who were either overpaid or failed to supply goods and services to the Prisons Department.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard that the department paid Sh555.7 million to a number of suppliers whose payment vouchers at the stations revealed various irregularities, including failure to supply goods.

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