EACC says official diverted free education money using the name of a nonexistence school. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]The anti-corruption agency has begun proceedings to recover more than Sh11 million allegedly stolen by a clerk at the Ministry of Education. According to the commission, Ocharo, a clerical officer in the Department of Secondary School Education, used the money to buy a vehicle and two parcels of land on which he build a house. Between August 2017 and September 2018, he prepared schedules of all schools that were to benefit with Free Day Secondary Education funds and the same contained irregularities,” says the watchdog. The commission wants Ocharo ordered to refund the Sh11,131,305 or forfeit the assets he bought using the money and pay the deficit.

Source: Standard Digital June 01, 2022 02:00 UTC