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Taxpayers could have lost more than Sh500 million that Prisons Department allegedly paid to ghost suppliers, an audit report has revealed. Records at the State Department for Correctional Services indicate that payments were made to firms that supplied “air” to prisons.
Some companies also received payments for goods supplied to certain prisons yet records indicate that they did not have contracts with any of the facilities. According to Auditor General Nancy Gathungu’s report for 2019/2020, other suppliers received millions of shillings despite not having entered any tender agreement with prisons department.
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