Detectives have uncovered a fresh scandal at the National Youth Service over fraudulent payments worth Kshs1.2 billion.
Peter Ngumi, from the Assets Recovery Agency and investigating officer Fredrick Musyoki, told a court that they came across the suspicious payments to more companies and individuals who had not been reported.
"Upon analysing the bank statements and documents concerning the accounts of the respondents, I establish that they received funds fraudulently from the NYS and associates split into several transactions,” Musyoki stated.
The documents revealed that Firstling Supplies received Kshs 795,199,245 million between July 4 and 13 in 2017.
Flagstone Merchants Limited received Kshs 195,176,275 million from NYS in March 2017.
The court documents further show that another company by the name Excella Supplies received Kshs 188, 890, 602 in payments.
Betty Omondi, on the other hand, received a total of Kshs8.6 million in different payments in the months of February, April and July 2017.
Anti-corruption court judge Hedwig Ong’udi issued a new order freezing the accounts of the newly discovered suspects.
The initial estimate in the second NYS scandal was Kshs9 billion. However, the suspects have been charged with the loss of Kshs468 million.
Former Youth Affairs PS Lillian Omollo has also had her accounts frozen over graft allegations in the second NYS scandal.
