MPs question ability of State IT payment system to curb theft

Insiders at the Planning ministry beached the government-based IT payment system and generated payments to fake suppliers. PHOTO | FILE

The capacity of the Treasury to monitor, detect and deter theft of public funds through the government-based IT payment system was questioned after Parliament learnt it cannot flag suspicious expenditure similar to the National Youth Service (NYS) scam.

MPs put Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) director Jerome Ochieng on the spot regarding the theft of Sh791 million at the NYS that was made through the system.

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