1.8 billion ($17,400,000).On October 31, 2024, Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Wendy Kagendo delivered the verdict, jailing two NYS officials for clearing the transactions.
[1] In September 2015, Kenya's director of public prosecutions asked Anne Waiguru, then Devolution Cabinet Secretary, to record a statement over the disappearance of Ksh.
[6] Deputy president, William Ruto, initially defended Waiguru saying all accusations against her were false and that they were the creations of the opposition to paint the government as being lax in fighting corruption.
[8] Others mentioned in the scandal include Josephine Kabura, Ben Gethi, Adan Harakhe, Mutahi Ngunyi and Kipchumba Murkomen.
Nicholas Gumbo summoned, among others, Anne Waiguru, Josephine Kabura, CID boss Ndegwa Muhoro, Mutahi Ngunyi, Hillary Sigei, Nelson Githinji and Ben Gethi severally.
Members of the PAC included MPs Jackson Rop (Kipkelion West), Abdikadir Aden (Balambala), Timothy Bosire (Kitutu Masaba), Mbadi John Ng'ongo (Gwassi), Fathia Mahbuub (Mandera), Japhet Kareke Mbiuki (Maara South) and Clement Wambugu (Mathioya).
During this time, she says she started running errands for Waiguru before culminating in her companies being appointed the sole contractors to deliver materials for National Youth Service projects.
[10] It was during this period that she met Adan Harrakhe who made payments to her in his role as Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) holder.
In the affidavit, she explained how Waiguru helped her register companies that would later be awarded various contracts at the National Youth Service.
In her affidavit, she said that Waiguru was involved in all levels of the scam and that they were advised by the director of the Banking Fraud Department, Joseph Mugwanja.
In another instance, she was told by National Youth Service deputy director general Adan Harrakhe to deposit Ksh.
Benson Gethi Wangui who was finally acquitted by the court had been accused of having fraudulently received payments from the National Youth Service through his companies Horizon Enterprises Ltd and Ratego Technologies.
[18] Adan Harakhe, who was the acting senior deputy director general of the National Youth Service at the time of the scandal, was charged with abuse of office and conspiracy to commit an economic crime.
[21] Mutahi Ngunyi's firm, The Consulting House, was hired to restructure the National Youth Service in what came to be known as the '5-Point Vision'.
While Ngunyi was fully paid for the first contract, auditor general Edward Ouko discovered that he was overpaid by Ksh.
Murkomen was mentioned together with Farouk Teigut Kibet, deputy president William Ruto's personal aide.
In its report released on 20 April 2017, the committee recommended that Waiguru should not run for any public office if found guilty after due process.
[23] It also recommended the prosecution of Murkomen as well as Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) governor Paul Njoroge for abetting a money laundering.
On 28 May 2018, it was reveal that 40 civil servants and 14 private sector officials, including National Youth Service (NYS) Director General Richard Ndubai, were arrested on charges related to the scandal.