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A ministry official altered bank records “by hand”, indicating to the Auditor General that the Government still held Sh1 billion in its accounts, but did not bother to get the document countersigned by a bank manager.
When auditor asked why the careless alteration was made, he got no response, and therefore he raised doubts over the balance in accounts of the civil servants housing scheme held in the commercial bank. The official is from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban development and the amount was earmarked for the housing scheme of civil servants.
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