The DPP has ordered investigations into the loss of Sh1.2 billion in fraudulent dealings between Kenya Forest Service officials and sawmillers. Tobiko said the theft was as a result of collusion and conspiracy between KFS officials and unscrupulous sawmillers with an intend to defraud the ministry. The collusion is in respect to accumulated debts owed to KFS by sawmillers for harvested forest products in the last five years. The DCI will also seek to assess possible revenue losses arising from gross undervaluation of forest plantation stocks. Tobiko has also sought investigations into the possible loss of Sh3.5 billion revenue resulting from gross undervaluation of forest plantations in the 2015/16 financial year.

Source: The Star December 14, 2018 17:03 UTC