Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has hit back at The Standard over a headline alleging a multi-billion-shilling graft scandal at the National Youth Service (NYS). The Standard, in its Friday, January 16, newspaper headline titled 'NYS III bombshell', alleges that suppliers submitted false or dubious payment claims totalling about Sh6.2 billion to the NYS. A photo collage of Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku and the Standard Media Group newspaper front page. Photo Geoffrey Ruku/ Standard DigitalIn response, Ruku dismissed the newspaper's style of reporting the matter, insisting that the Standard media was meddling in old issues, intending to mislead the public. "I have seen the standard newspaper saying that NYS is corrupt.

Source: Standard Digital January 17, 2026 11:03 UTC