212:, was hired to restructure the National Youth Service in what came to be known as the '5-Point Vision'. The company had two contracts - one for Ksh. 40 million and another one for Ksh. 50 million. While Ngunyi was fully paid for the first contract, auditor general Edward Ouko discovered that he was overpaid by Ksh. 12.5 million for the second one. On 5 July 2016, he wrote to the Public Service Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki offering to make a refund of the overpaid amount if an internal audit found that his company was indeed overpaid. He never repaid the money.
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withdrawals (some totaling Ksh. 100 million per day), she said that it was for the payment of wages for quarry workers and suppliers. However, when Bosire asked her to name the people who worked at the quarry and how much they were paid, she was not in a position to do so. When she was also asked to produce receipts of payments she received, she could not.
75:, initially defended Waiguru saying all accusations against her were false and that they were the creations of the opposition to paint the government as being lax in fighting corruption. He later retracted this statement and said that Waiguru should take responsibility for the millions that went missing in her ministry.
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Adan
Harakhe, who was the acting senior deputy director general of the National Youth Service at the time of the scandal, was charged with abuse of office and conspiracy to commit an economic crime. He was charged together with devolution ministry senior secretary Hassan Noor, who was also the tender
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When he appeared before the PAC, Gethi said that documents prepared by Adan
Harakhe had been altered by Waiguru to frame him. The Assets Recovery Agency also named his mother, Charity Wangui, and sister, Jedidah Wangari Wangui, as respondents to the case. His mother was ordered by the high court to
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Kabura appeared before the PAC on 23 February 2016. She revealed that her companies were not pre-qualified for the tender process at the
National Youth Service even though all 20 of them eventually won tenders to supply various items. 15 of the 20 companies had not been registered by the time they
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Josephine Kabura Irungu is the owner of at least 11 companies that won various contracts at the
National Youth Service. She is accused of having been overpaid on each one of those contracts. She has been described in sections of the media as a hairdresser. She told the PAC that she is an IT expert
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Questions were raised over his position as 'senior deputy director general', a position which was not provided by law. He also added that he had helped
Waiguru whistleblow the scam and therefore should not be held as a suspect. Senior Principal Magistrate Felix Kombo issued warrants of arrest for
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In her affidavit, Waiguru stated that during a meeting held on 27 May 2015 between her, Gethi and Peter Mang'iti, he (Gethi), intimidated
Harakhe into allowing funds to go through IFMIS (Integrated Financial Management System), even though this, according to Harakhe, was done through theft of his
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Her appearance before the PAC proved controversial. Gumbo accused her of being a hostile witness and said that her appearance before the committee was not helpful to the investigations. Mbadi questioned her honesty when testifying before the committee. When asked why she made abnormally huge cash
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Waiguru while working at the Ministry of Finance, specifically in the IFMIS department. During this time, she says she started running errands for Waiguru before culminating in her companies being appointed the sole contractors to deliver materials for National Youth Service
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in court which described, in detail, her role in the scandal. In the affidavit, she explained how
Waiguru helped her register companies that would later be awarded various contracts at the National Youth Service. She also said that she was specifically asked by Waiguru to open bank accounts at
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In its report released on 20 April 2017, the committee recommended that
Waiguru should not run for any public office if found guilty after due process. It also recommended the prosecution of Murkomen as well as Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) governor Paul Njoroge for abetting a money laundering.
135:'suspicious'. For instance, at one point she was asked to give Ksh. 20 million to a Mohammed which, she was told, was to facilitate more business. In another instance, she was told by National Youth Service deputy director general Adan Harrakhe to deposit Ksh. 40 million into a bank account.
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Waiguru was involved in all levels of the scam and that they were advised by the director of the Banking Fraud Department, Joseph Mugwanja. She details how most of the money she received as payment for work done ended up being given to people she described as
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The committee asked him whether a contract for the supply of fuel worth Ksh. 500 million was ever executed since there was no documentation available. This, Mbiuki said, was because the proceeds from this particular contract mostly went into the purchase of property.
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was a corruption scandal within Kenya's Ministry of Devolution and Planning. Ksh. 791 million ($ 7,650,000) is said to have been stolen from the ministry's coffers, with some saying that figure could have been as high as Ksh. 1.8 billion ($ 17,400,000).
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Kabura thrice failed to appear before the PAC after being summoned. Her lawyer F. I. Omino twice wrote to the committee to reschedule her meetings. Committee member Bosire accused her of operating with impunity wondering who was protecting her.
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said he was looking into the ministry's accounts in which the ministry had bought overpriced items including condom dispensers for $ 250; a television set worth Ksh. 1.7 million ($ 17,000) and sex toys. Waiguru denied these allegations on her
68:(EACC) on all charges. However, in March 2016, EACC Chairman Phillip Kinisu said that there had been errors in clearing Waiguru. He stated that these errors had been as a result of a communication breakdown between government agencies.
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Harakhe and Noor but later lifted them. This was after their lawyer, Ahmednasir Abdullahi, said that they had presented themselves before court. They were granted a Ksh. 1 million cash bail and Ksh. 3 million bond.
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On 22 November 2015, Waiguru stepped down from her cabinet position following pressure from the public and the opposition on her role in the scandal. There was also additional pressure from some members of the
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She details how she was asked to give some of the profits to a Ms. Loise Mbarire, Waiguru's sister. She delivered this money in gunny bags to Mbarire who had parked her car at the basement of the KTDA Plaza.
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On 28 May 2018, it was reveal that 40 civil servants and 14 private sector officials, including National Youth Service (NYS) Director General Richard Ndubai, were arrested on charges related to the scandal.
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has been accused of having received millions through fraudulent National Youth Service contracts. Murkomen was mentioned together with Farouk Teigut Kibet, deputy president William Ruto's personal aide.
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committee chairman. Harakhe appeared before the PAC on 4 October 2016. He said that his IFMIS password had been stolen and used to authorize a fraudulent payment of Ksh. 695 million ($ 6,730,000).
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In her affidavit filed shortly after Kabura's, Waiguru stated that she did not know who Kabura was and neither did she help her in any way to conduct business with the National Youth Service.
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page saying that she is not involved in the purchase of anything for the ministry. She said that no money had gone missing from the ministry's coffers.
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projects. It was during this period that she met Adan Harrakhe who made payments to her in his role as Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) holder.
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498:"I have never seen Josephine Kabura, says former Devolution CS Anne Waiguru"
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548:"Revealed: Firms in NYS saga won tenders even before they were registered"
524:"House panel directs Boinnet to arrest NYS scam suspect Josephine Kabura"
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849:"Kenya charges 54 people in graft investigation, plans to probe banks"
228:. Murkomen is said to have received this money through his law firm
449:"Kabura tells PAC she owns, solely runs 20 companies in NYS probe"
826:"Head of Kenya youth agency arrested in $ 78m corruption scandal"
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699:"Harakhe lied his password was stolen in NYS theft - Muhoro"
599:"How Duale, Murkomen Were involved in NYS Scandal - Waiguru"
574:"Gethi admits inflating prices of NYS fuel during PAC probe"
423:"Take responsibility for NYS scandal, DP Ruto tells Waiguru"
375:"EACC cleared Waiguru in case of 'miscommunication'- Kinisu"
474:"Waiguru was cleared on other aspects, not Sh791mn fraud"
802:"House committee calls for lifestyle audit on Waiguru"
673:"Ben Gethi's mother told to surrender Sh7 million car"
224:, was accused of having received Ksh. 15 million from
399:"Ruto, Jubilee MPs defend Waiguru over graft claims"
349:"Kenya : EACC clears Waiguru in Sh791m scandal"
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724:"PAC interrogates Adan Harakhe over NYS scam"
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325:"Embattled Waiguru finally calls it quits"
749:"Harakhe, Noor freed on Sh1 million bail"
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447:Nancy Agutu; James Mbaka (2016-11-01).
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649:"Ben Gethi: Waiguru fixed me over NYS"
122:On 15 February 2016, Kabura filed an
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