(PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/ STANDARD)A former top Government official yesterday described the role suspended Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti and ex-National Youth Service Director General Nelson Githinji allegedly played in a scheme to defraud the National Youth Service (NYS) of Sh695 million. The former NYS official told the committee that Mangiti and Githinji allegedly fought his efforts to stop the illegal payments amounting to Sh695.4 million. Mr Harakhe told the committee chaired by Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo that the IFMIS system had been hacked into and payments approved without his consent. "On June 15, 2005, PS Mangiti called me and asked me to meet him at Nakumatt Junction where I found him with Ben. "He told me that he also had connections with the CID boss and thus everything I did would be covered," Mr Harakhe told the committee at Parliament Buildings.

Source: Standard Digital September 28, 2016 20:15 UTC