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How ghost students and schools gobbled up Sh3.7b in capitation

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu before the National Assembly's Cohesion Committee at Continental House,Parliament,Nairobi . April 15th,2025. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has exposed how the government disbursed billions of shillings to ghost students in capitation to non-existent schools for four financial years from 2020 to 2024. 

A special report tabled before the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday shows how ghost students in 723 schools gobbled up Sh3.7 billion in capitation due to irregularities in the actual number of students registered in the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS).

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