Kariuki was also put on the spot for spending Sh2.3 million – which was not budgeted for – to hire toilets and catering services during a one-day meeting she presided over at Gilgil National Youth Service (NYS). According to the Auditor General report, Sh7,739,513 was paid to a service provider for the provision of helicopter services to NYS staff travelling to various destinations. “Madam PS please confirm to this committee that the person who used the helicopter in question was the CS. The committee also demanded to know how the CS authorised the expenditure of Sh2.3 million to be spent to hire toilets and catering services without any due process. Oundo said it was baffling the ministry spent such kind of money to hire toilets yet the facility has toilets.

Source: Standard Digital February 16, 2021 18:31 UTC