Kenya counts public servants after 6.2 billion shilling payroll fraud
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
The Kenyan government is launching a mandatory physical verification of public servants as part of an investigation into suspected payroll fraud estimated at 6.2 billion Kenyan shillings. The Ministry of Education began the headcount on 19 October, while investigators flagged 84 human resources officials and payroll irregularities, Tuko reports.
The Kenyan government has launched a mandatory physical verification of public servants as part of an investigation into suspected fraud worth 6.2 billion Kenyan shillings in the public payroll, Tuko reports. The Ministry of Education is the first department to have begun the exercise.
Payroll access for 84 human resources officials in the prison service, police and Ministry of Health has been suspended amid suspicions of fraud. Investigators from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations found alleged irregularities, including employees recruited before they were born and several staff members sharing the same bank account.
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