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Audit reveals Sh4.2b fraud at Education ministry

Students follow proceedings during the public Education forum on June 13, 2011, in Nairobi’s Precious Blood Girls Secondary School. An audit by the Finance ministry has revealed Ministry of Education officials embezzled Sh4.2 billion, in what is emerging as the biggest fraud case ever made public at the ministry.

Officials at the ministries of Education and Health embezzled Sh4.2 billion, a forensic audit by Treasury has revealed, in what is emerging as one of the biggest cases of fraud by civil servants.

The money which was meant for the Kenya Education Support Programme (KESSP) was misappropriated by about 100 officials at the Education ministry in collaboration with private contractors. The bulk of the cash did not reach target schools.

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