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PIC chairman says the AG is a stumbling block to reforms

By Standard Digital | Jun. 28, 2009

Gakuu Mathenge

The Public Investments Committee (PIC) has just exposed more evidence of rot, gross indiscipline and ravenously predatory instincts of the Civil Service fat cats. The 16th PIC Report, released on Wednesday, last week, chronicles cases of inefficiency, conniving, collusion, and thieving. Kenya has 165 parastatals, and PIC’s mandate is to interrogate their archives, accounting and audit queries raised by the Auditor and Controller-General. Poring through the PIC report it is evident people listed in previous accounts are still roaming the streets.

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