An American based donor organisation, Kenya Children Fund (KCF), has raised the alarm over possible misappropriation of funds by their Kenyan based partner, Wezesha Watoto Kenya (WWK).
In an interview with Citizen TV, the outgoing CEO of KCF, Ginger Palm stated that all seemed well until she handed power to her Kenyan successor, Collins Mugele, a lawyer educated by the fund.
Palm revealed that the organisation was required to enter a partnership with a local entity and it did so through Lawyer Onsando Ongoji, who registered WWK as the organisation that received the funds.
“It was always the organisation’s dream to have Kenyan Child Fund (KCF) African Managed.” said Palm.
However, it was later discovered that the acquired title deed was not registered under the NGO's name, but instead was under WWK, a limited liability. “That place belongs to the families of Dandora, not to any company,” reaffirmed Palm.
In response, Mugele claimed that he has been unable to take up the duties of his role since he faced opposition some certain quarters. He further accused the lawyer of threatening him from assuming the office as CEO.
However when the journalist covering the story reached out to Onsando he directed them to his lawyer, who rubbished the allegations noting that the matter was under investigation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
The row has become evident to the people of Kinyago in Nairobi's Dandora estate, sending panic among many parents who fully depend on the facility for their children’s educational needs.
The KCF is a non-governmental organisation that runs Kinyago Dandora School which has over 500 children from nursery through to standard 8.
The donor organisation later established a secondary in 2006, Kinyago Dandora Secondary, which was ranked by the Kenyan Ministry of Education as the best school in Njiru district.
Kenya Children Fund then established a vocational school that offers courses that include sewing, business and computer studies.
The Fund also established a feeding program for nursery children in Dandora
