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Fraudsters stole Sh791 million from National Youth Service, says Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru

Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Anne Waiguru and Principal Secretary Mwanamaka Mabruki address the Press at the Harambee House yesterday. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI/STANDARD]

It is now official, the National Youth Service (NYS) lost Sh791 million in a scandal allegedly involving six companies.

Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, under whose docket the NYS is placed, said she received a reply letter from the Director of Criminal Investigations attesting to the fraud following submission of her probe request in June.

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