An internal audit at the ministry shows that officials also overstated bills, causing the loss of Sh1.6 billion in public funds. The auditor found that the Ministry of Health submitted to the National Treasury a list of pending bills amounting to Sh2.4 billion. These mirror the tricks at Afya House in a pattern that has raised concerns that the schemes could be replicated in other Government departments. In both schemes, there was manipulation of financial statements and the Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (Ifmis). In the Health ministry scam, the auditor, Bernard Mucheru, found huge unexplained discrepancies between the manual financial records and the records in Ifmis.

Source: Standard Digital October 27, 2016 20:22 UTC