Speed up probe on embezzled funds from counties in Kenya

Investigations into the loss of public funds in Kilifi County have added to the growing list of corruption case files before the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC). As the week wound down, there were conflicting reports about the amount of money siphoned off the county’s accounts following the manipulation of the Integrated Management Financial Information System (Ifmis).

The EACC and the Kilifi County administration scaled down the amount of money lost from the initially reported Sh1.8 billion to Sh51 million, but because investigations have not been concluded, the mystery surrounding the theft of these funds has not been solved.