Thursday
August 9, 2018 - Director
of Public Prosecutions, Nordin Hajj, has ordered CID Director, George Kinoti, to
investigate embezzlement of millions of shillings in the Judiciary.
The investigations were
triggered by three different internal audit reports from an anonymous whistle
blower which revealed that Sh 36 million has been embezzled at Milimani Law Courts,
Nairobi.
The report shows that
Sh36 million was lost through various schemes, including fake receipts,
fraudulent alteration of receipt books and parallel receipt books.
For instance, at the
Commercial Tax Division, court fees amounting to Sh26 million were receipted
using 371 receipts that were not recorded in the Judiciary’s official records.
In the Environment and
Land Registry, revenue of Sh7,574,559 was lost through issuance of 116 fake
receipts while in the Civil Division, Sh498,635 was lost through issuance of eight
fake receipts.
The second questionable
contract to be investigated relates to the provision of security that the
Judiciary awarded to Bedrock Security Services Limited and Lavington Security
Limited.
According to the DPP, the
contracts were renewed without following procurement procedures and
regulations.
However, addressing the
press on Wednesday Registrar of the Judiciary, Anne Amadi, told journalists
that she has nothing to fear because she…
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