In her affidavit regarding the National Youth Service scandal, business woman Josephine Irungu Kabura mentions the individual who 'messed up' the whole plan of stealing millions from the department.
Ms Kabura indicates that former NYS Deputy Director General Adan Harakhe went behind the backs of those involved in the dubious deals and processed orders without their knowledge.
In the court papers, Kabura claims that former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, who was linked to the scandal together with other individuals, were upset upon noticing what Harakhe had done.
“After the newspaper expose` on CBK exposing NYS payments, CS Waiguru summoned me very early in the morning at her Runda house where I met Mr Mutahi Ngunyi, Mr Adan Harakhe. Mr Hassan Noor and a gentleman by the name My Joseph Mugwanja. They were all mad at Mr Harakhe for processing orders behind their backs leading to the ensuing mess,” the court document reads in part.
The business woman further alleges that Waiguru was then advised to issue a statement to calm the public and also divert investigators attention after Harakhe tried to loot the Sh695 Million from the service.
This was when Waiguru went to the media and stated that there were attempts to steal money from NYS but they discovered early and saved it.
“That all those in attendance agreed that since the investigations into the unfolding matter would be conducted by CS Waiguru and the Ethics Commission and Anti Corruption it would be necessary to divert the attention of the investigating officers. To do so, it was agreed that focus would be pegged to works worth about Sh695 Million which had allegedly tried to be siphoned by Harakhe in order to avert many questions,” Kabura states.
Harakhe was later suspended from duty together with 20 other officers at the NYS who were accused of trying to steal a total sum of Sh695 Million.
In the same document, Ms Kabura claims that together with Ms Waiguru and other persons, they benefited from another loot of Sh791 Million.
She disclosed that Ms Waiguru introduced her into doing business with NYS and even helped her register three companies used in the dubious dealings.
