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EACC unearths bigger theft at NYS in probe

EACC Chief Executive Officer Halakhe Waqo. (Photo: Gideon Maundu)

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) says the amount of money embezzled from the National Youth Service (NYS) could be more than the Sh791 million it has been investigating.

EACC Chief Executive Officer Halakhe Waqo Thursday told the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the amount looted could be as much as Sh1.8 billion as the scandal keeps on mutating.

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