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Like so many other financial scandals before it, the highly publicised theft of more than Sh791 million at the National Youth Service (NYS) in 2015 is likely to be swept under the carpet. Not even after it was reported that the amount lost could be in billions. Yet sadly, it won't be the first time that the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) has been used as the sanitiser.
A damning report by the Institute for Social Accountability in 2012 revealed that parliamentary house committees were objective. It said some Members of Parliament received bribes to influence outcomes on investigations by House Committees.
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