The new round of multi-million shilling National Youth Service (NYS) corruption cases could have been dealt a blow after sensational claims by a suspect that the lead investigator was a partner in the business deals he was investigating. The suspect, a member of the Naivasha-based Ngirita family that is at the centre of what has come to be called 'NYS II' graft wave probe, claimed the lead investigator, Mike Julius Kingoo Muia, was their partner in a company that traded with NYS.

Jeremiah Gichini Ngirita swore an affidavit in which he has blatantly claimed Jerricathy Enterprises was among companies accused of defrauding money from NYS in the ongoing probe. Mr Gichini and three other family members - Ann Wambere Ngirita, Lucy Ngirita and Phylis Njeri - are accused of receiving more than Sh100 million through three companies and are in remand waiting for a ruling on their bail application.

In his affidavit commissioned and annexed in court, Gichini said, “... our company has been actively trading with the National Youth Service in partnership with Mike Julius Kingoo Muia who is the Chief Investigating Officer in the NYS case since 2014.”