The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has flagged
suspicious payments linked to the National Youth Service (NYS)—
suggesting that fraudulent payments are still rampant at the agency.
In
a petition filed on Thursday, the commission sought to freeze an
account belonging to a trader who reported to the EACC that some money
was deposited into her account on two occasions between December and
February, 2020.
EACC said preliminary investigations
established the funds remitted to the account of Emily Nyambura were not
supported by any documentation. “The commission reasonably suspects
that the said sum is public property being embezzled by public officials
at the National Youth Service through remittance to the respondent’s
bank account,” the application stated.
Court documents
showed that some Sh1,895,366 was credited to Ms Nyambura’s account on
December 30 for alleged supply of bread to the agency. Ms Nyambura, who
is also a trader, said she was however shocked to receive the money yet
she had not made supplies to NYS.
She instructed her
bank, Kenya Commercial Bank, Ruiru branch, to reverse the transaction.
This was done but on February 20, another amount of Sh1,862,687 was
remitted into her account, yet she had not supplied anything to the NYS.
Ms Nyambura said she has never transacted with NYS.
The Commission moved to court to freeze the account to enable
investigators probe the payments. “It is imperative that the commission
preserves the said public funds by prohibiting the respondents, her
agents, servants or any other person from withdrawing or transferring
the money,” the application stated.
A number of traders and senior government officials are currently in court over alleged fraudulent payments at NYS.
In
the scam that came to be known as NYS I, some Sh791 million was
allegedly siphoned out through fraudulent payments to six companies.
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