Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA
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My fellow Kenyans, Accountability is here. I bring you my review findings of Kimilili Constituency's CDF. CDF Stands for Constituency Development Fund. so please keep "development" in mind. Summary of Audit Findings for Kimilili NGCDF (2019-2022) MP for Kimilili is Didmus Barasa, CBS, MP You don't know him? I will help you. He is the MP who is a proud owner of a chopper, that he "acquired" courtesy of his decade in parliament. According to him. Watch the video attached for more details. Politicians lie. A lot. Numbers do not. The figures and conclusions below are by government auditors, who have no bias against anyone. Financial Year 2021-2022 Key Audit Issues: Unsupported Bursary Payments Amount: Kshs. 27,175,972. KSH 27 million in claimed "bursary expenses" have no documentation/support. No listing of applicants, successful and unsuccessful beneficiaries, or receipts confirming fee payments. In other words, not a shilling of this claim of expense is supported by evidence. Ownership and Valuation of Assets Total Assets: Kshs. 27,797,600. Claims to have spent Ksh. 28 million to acquire assets such as computers, scanners, and printers. But has no records to provide to auditors for Ksh. 28 million worth of assets. Incomplete Pit Latrine Project Project Cost: Kshs. 500,000. Located at Bitunyi Primary School but remains incomplete despite full payment. Financial Year 2020-2021 Key Audit Issues Unsupported Expenditure on Goods and Services Total Expenditure: Kshs. 9,457,931 in expenditures have no support or documentation. Not even one receipt. Unverified Transactions: Another Kshs. 2,943,085 Missing supporting documents such as contracts, invoices, and delivery notes. Unsupported School Construction Expenditures Total Disbursed: Says Kshs. 61,640,000 was disbursed, but Kshs. 32,500,000 cannot be verified through bank statements, receipts, or anything else. Ksh. 32 million cannot be traced. At all. No tendering, contracts, or payment records for 30 "claimed classrooms built" in three schools. Unverified Bursary Disbursements Total Bursary: Kshs. 24,052,272 expenditure claimed, but Kshs. 16,307,600 cannot be verified. No beneficiary lists or documentation for payments. Compliance Issues: Unverified Land Purchase for Kamukuywa Township High School. Amount Allocated: Kshs. 1,000,000 No purchase agreement, title deed, or valuation report. Irregular/Illegal ICT Hub Construction Total Cost: Kshs. 7,650,000 Paid Amount: Kshs. 7,450,000 (97%) Per auditor: "Poor workmanship, incomplete roofing, electrical work, and door fittings" Financial Year 2019-2020 Key Audit Issues: Understated Cash and Cash Equivalents Total Reported: Kshs. 7,741,274 Stale Cheques Not Reversed or Returned: Kshs. 1,117,145. This is a Misrepresentation of financial position. Meaning that KSH 1 million is essentially stolen. Project Implementation Delays Total Projects: 350 (valued at Kshs. 719,438,140) Completed: 199 projects (Kshs. 339,208,231) Ongoing: 115 projects (Kshs. 260,497,039) Not Started: 2 projects (Kshs. 1,612,870) Per auditor: "Poor Workmanship in Construction Projects" Daraja Mungu Primary School: Kshs. 1,800,000 (walls eroding) Kamusinde Primary School: Kshs. 9,000,000 (cracked floors & walls) Khamulati Primary School: Kshs. 6,000,000 (cracks in completed classrooms) Key Takeaways Across the Three Years 1. Recurring Financial Irregularities. Consistent issues with unsupported expenditures, unverified bursary payments, and unaccounted construction funds. 2. No tangible improvements in financial reporting over three years. 3. Project Delays & Poor Quality Workmanship. Multiple incomplete projects, some fully paid for. 4. Low-quality construction affecting school infrastructure. 5. Governance & Compliance Failures. Lack of ICT governance, creating security risks. 6. Missing procurement and contract documentation. 7. Limited Oversight & Accountability. No evidence of corrective actions being taken despite recurring audit issues. 8. Unverified land purchases and construction projects raise corruption concerns. Eric Latiff Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Africa Updates Mizani254 NG-CDF William Samoei Ruto, PhD EACC Wanjiru Githiomi Sen. Ledama Olekina Dr. Miguna Miguna Wanjiru Githiomi Abdi Kikao William Samoei Ruto, PhD Senate of Kenya National Assembly KE TI-Kenya EACC John-Allan Namu Africa Uncensored BBC News Africa Al Jazeera English Bright Shitemi Didmus Barasa, CBS, MP Council of Governors Bungoma County Ke
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Shocking revelation: Nairobi County reportedly spent 20% of its budget on just four lawyers in one year, despite having an existing legal department. How is this possible? Watch the full breakdown here. #NairobiCounty #KenyaPolitics #BudgetCrisis #NairobiNews
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Fellow Kenyans, Every generation is handed a cause. The Mau Mau generation fought colonial oppression. The democracy generation fought dictatorship and impunity. Our generation has been handed a different struggle: The fight against corruption, state capture, and the theft of our future. Today, Kenyans have learned that a reported USD 2.9 billion airport contract has been linked to Wicknell Chivayo, a charlatan and conman whose name has repeatedly appeared in procurement controversies, corruption investigations, tender scandals, and financial misconduct allegations across Southern Africa. Such as: 1. Election Tender Scandal Zimbabwe's Anti-Corruption Commission investigated procurement involving election materials supplied through South African company Ren-Form, where leaked documents allegedly showed extraordinary price inflation on equipment and services. The matter attracted anti-corruption investigations in both Zimbabwe and South Africa. Examples cited by investigators and media reports included: >>A server reportedly invoiced at approximately R23 million despite a much lower market value being alleged. >>Biometric voter registration kits allegedly increasing dramatically in price. >>Questions regarding the flow of funds from government contracts to companies associated with Chivayo. 2. South African Financial Intelligence Investigations A leaked South African Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) report reportedly found that more than R800 million flowed from Ren-Form to business accounts associated with Chivayo after the Zimbabwean government paid the supplier. The report concluded that criminal activity could not be ruled out and recommended further investigation. Chivayo has denied wrongdoing. 3. The US$3.2 Billion Dossier In 2025, a leaked dossier alleged that more than US$3.2 billion had been diverted through corrupt contracting arrangements involving politically connected business figures, including Chivayo. The allegations generated calls for forensic audits and political scrutiny. These allegations remain contested and should be treated as allegations rather than established facts. 4. Long History of Procurement Controversies Mr. Chivayo is a charlatan, through and through. He has previously been associated with controversial public contracts, including Zimbabwe's Gwanda Solar Project, where significant public funds were advanced but the project became the subject of investigations, parliamentary scrutiny, and public controversy. 5. Access to Political Power Multiple reports have highlighted Chivayo's unusually close relationships with senior political figures across the region and his public display of that access. Critics argue that these political connections help explain how he repeatedly appears around major public contracts Please watch the attached video -in entirety. When you do - please ask William Samoei Ruto, PhD this question: What is the deal with you and thieves? Explain to Kenyans, your penchant for criminals and bottom feeders. But, this is not really about Wicknell Chivayo. It is about a pattern. First, we witnessed the attempted airport deal involving the Adani Group, another shadowy entity facing serious corruption allegations internationally. Kenyans stood up and stopped it. Second, we continue to see a government that repeatedly embraces and appoints individuals facing serious integrity questions, including some who have been investigated by our own EACC Third, we are seeing major public contracts increasingly associated with secrecy, direct negotiations, and limited competition instead of transparency and open tendering. Fourth, we have watched scandal after scandal unfold — SHA, Talanta Stadium, Bomas of Kenya, education funding fraud, healthcare fraud, and countless audit queries involving billions of shillings. Fifth, we have now reached the point where even citizenship itself appears to be losing its meaning, amid reports of Kenyan passports being issued to controversial foreign figures under questionable circumstances. Including this same charlatan, Mr. Chivayo. At what point do we stop calling this coincidence? At what point do we acknowledge that corruption is no longer an accident of government, but a governing culture? Fellow Kenyans, This is bigger than politics. This is bigger than tribes. This is bigger than William Ruto. This is about Kenya. Our only home. It is about whether our country will be governed by the rule of law or by the rule of connections. Whether public resources will serve citizens or politically connected insiders. Whether our children inherit a nation of opportunity or a nation captured by greed. I have a message for every Kenyan, including supporters of this government: Put politics aside for a moment. Ask yourself one question. If another president displayed this exact pattern — the same appointments, the same scandals, the same controversial contracts, the same disregard for public concern — would you defend it? If the answer is no, then your loyalty must be to Kenya, not to politicians. To the presidents supporters: Explain how in a country of 50 million people - highly qualified and ethical, the president appoints thief after thief to high office. The receipts are attached here. Explain how the president ended up in bed with the Adani Group - another shadowy entity known globally for corruption. And then explain how - the same contract that was awarded to the Adani Group - and which Kenyans were able to stop, and in connection to which WE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR BILLIONS IN PENALTIES, has now been awarded to yet another charlatan. Please tell us how unlucky this president is. Every single person he does business with is a criminal. Every last one of them. My fellow Kenyans, History is watching us. Future generations will ask: What did you do when corruption was consuming your country? Did you remain silent? Or did you stand up? The time has come for every Kenyan of goodwill to stand up. Stand up for accountability. Stand up for transparency. Stand up for competitive procurement. Stand up for the rule of law. Stand up for the future of our children. Let us make one thing clear to every politician, every broker, every corrupt contractor, and every beneficiary of state capture: Kenya is not for sale. Our future is not for sale. And we will not surrender our country to corruption. Enough is enough. Let us all resolve today that we will stop this corruption. Beginning with this corrupt deal. We can stop it. And we should. National Assembly KE Senate of Kenya Abdi Nasambu Dr. Miguna Miguna Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
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I have told you before that this government has one tried and true modus operandi. And that is - invent a crisis or need. And then - propose a solution that makes you money. Not solve the invented crisis. In Bomet - a county with a 50% poverty rate - because much of the money spent at the county level goes to 1% of the county - there is an urgent need for an airport. These compatriots cannot afford two meals a day. Have nightmares for schools. But you know what they need more? More than anything, they need an airport. An airport. Billions will be spent. And you know when they need it? Now. Ni ujinga, ama ni ujeuri? UPSIDE DOWN PRIORITIES. Pray for our country. But even more important: Register to vote. Think and Interrogate Candidates. Then, let's get ready to clean house. Fagia wote. The County Government of Bomet
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![My fellow Kenyans, Many of you have seen my recent posts about the deadly cancer that is corruption in our country. In my last post, I tried to paint a picture of the disconnect between our potential as a country and the economic circumstances we find ourselves in today, and the connection between corruption and the incalculable pain and suffering and cruelty that is meted out every single day to the most vulnerable among us by thieves operating out of public office. And after covering the goings-on in Mandera County, I told you that in my honest opinion, our governments exist to cater for the filthy-rich lifestyles of the vilest and most corrupt among us, at the expense of everyone else. I received tremendous support from all of you, for speaking on behalf of so many struggling Kenyans who don’t have a voice, or the audience necessary to spark the much-needed discussion about where we are heading as a country. But even with all that support, I have received messages asking me to be careful. One compatriot told me: “prepare to be relentlessly pursued, threatened, enticed, guilt-tripped, and gas-lit”. This is from a someone who knows how our government operates, and how it uses violence and its monopoly on power to silence those who question why politicians are stealing so much. I am not naive about the dangers of speaking up and calling out thieves who control state machinery, and who possess the ability to shut me up in a few seconds. But I will tell you why we CAN NOT and MUST NOT keep quiet. In November of 2023, I stumbled upon the story of a young man from Turkana, Calvin Esekon Esewit , who, despite scoring an A-, and getting an acceptance into medical school, spent two years not knowing whether his dreams of becoming a doctor would ever come true. I was moved by that story in a way that I can never adequately explain. I could not understand how it is possible that, in our country, a young man who appears to be every parent’s dream child can spend two years in limbo while we as a country possess the ability to invest in our best and brightest. And so, I spent weeks trying to chase down Calvin to see how I could help him attend college. After a lot of searching, I finally found Calvin, and by this time he had managed to get some help and is now in college. While this story has a great ending, it did not to be this way. And we know that the number of cases that end like this, with some success, are a small fraction of those ones which end tragically, with broken dreams. This is what happens when corruption consumes anything and everything in a country. It destroys lives. See attached video to learn about Calvin's story. I tell you all this story because it provides context to today's topic. For one story like this one that you see on the news, there are millions that never make the news. But they are real situations, nonetheless. There are millions of your compatriots who are devastated by this killer cancer of corruption that is perpetuated by people that you and I have put into public office ostensibly to improve our lives. They go into these offices and abuse the trust you bestowed upon them and deny you and everyone else a decent opportunity in life. You see, Calvin and millions of other victims of this shameless level of corruption and plunder have no voice, and no real ability to look the thieves that are destroying lives and generations of Kenyans in eye and tell them to stop this unbearable pain and the cruelty. This is the reason I embarked on this journey to attempt to expose this shameful situation. Watch the attached video of Calvin’s situation, and I am sure that you will agree that the millions of Calvins in our country need a voice, NO MATTER THE RISK. The thieves that are destroying the futures of millions of children just so they can have beachside homes in Miami, Dubai and other places count on the idea that most people will fear for their lives, and therefore not speak up. They count on the growing apathy in the Kenyan psyche. But we cannot give in to that. We cannot cower to thieves. We must look them straight in the eye and tell them that they MUST STOP. If we don't, our children and their children are guaranteed the same level of cruelty. And so with that, today I want to talk about the utterly insane crime scene that is Turkana County. I don’t know any other way to describe it, other than, it is a “shit-show”. Just follow along, and let me know if you disagree. As I did in my previous commentary, I will ask you to indulge me a little bit, and allow me to use a couple of pictures, because pictures speak louder than a thousand words. The first picture shows the state-of-the art County Government offices, that the County Government of Turkana decided to invest an ungodly amount of money on. Close to a billion shillings. The second picture is a classroom in session. In Turkana County. These two realities are occurring in parallel in the same county, at the same time. Ladies and gentlemen, let me just tell you that I do not go out of my way to find bad news. I want stories that would help re-affirm our belief in the fundamental decency of human beings. When I find good news as I review these Counties’ decisions and how they behave with our resources, I will be the first one to report it to you. But I don’t have any good news today. I have bad news. If you read my commentary yesterday and were offended by what you saw, I am afraid you might not make it to the end of this article, because what you will hear will be quite shocking. The cancer of corruption, particularly at the County Government level, is worse than your wildest imagination. And so, as I like to do, I like to start off by putting some numbers on the table for us to use as reference points. Bear in my that all the information I put in this article is publicly available. Nothing came to me through a whistle blower. The first number is KSH 100 Billion. With a B. In the last decade or so, you and I, through the National Government, has sent over KSH 100 billion to Turkana County. To support recurrent expenditure, and development. For example, in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, we sent KSH 12.6 billion. In the 2021-2022 fiscal year, we sent KSH 11.4 billion. And on and on and on. The second number is 1 million. This is the population of Turkana County. The third number is KSH 18.4 billion. This was Turkana County’s budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The fourth number is KSH 190 million. This was the amount of money that Turkana County was able to generate on its own accord within the county, from all its investments and other activities in the period in question. This number is an important proxy, in my view, for the value of the county’s economic prospects for the foreseeable future, and to people that are not driven by greed and corruption, would be an important consideration when they are thinking about how and where to deploy your money as taxpayers. If you are doing the math, Turkana County, for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, was only able to raise 1% of the funds needed to keep the lights on. 99% came from you and I, and a tiny amount from grants. The next number is KSH 129, 040. This is the average ANNUAL [emphasis added] income of a resident of Turkana County ( Keep that number in mind when we are discussing the massive theft of public funds by Turkana County leaders. The next number is 80%. 80% of the residents of Turkana County live below the poverty line. They have a really difficult time putting food on the table. ( The next number is KSH 12 Million. This is the basic salary of the Governor of Turkana County before other benefits that, as I explained yesterday, can often double the salary. Remember the “housing allowance”, the “hardship allowance”, the “commuter allowance”, the “risk allowance”, the “extraneous allowance”, etc.? Remember that? I still cannot figure out, for the life of me, what “extraneous” means in the context of County business, but we don’t time to dwell on this. The next number is 93. The Governor of Turkana County makes 93 times the average Turkana County resident’s annual income. 93 times! The next number is 82%. This was the percentage of people that were illiterate in Turkana County in 2013 ( Could not read or write. A point to note about the above literacy figure. Ten years later, and despite over KSH 100 billion is spent in Turkana County, including many billions for education, that literacy rate HAS NOT CHANGED ONE BIT. Only 20% of the population can read or write today. ( KSH 829 million. This is how much it cost to build the County Government offices. Yes, the ones shown in the first picture. KSH 120 million. The County Government decided that it was prudent to pay a contractor KSH 120 million to construct the Governor’s personal residence. Get this, even after this payment, no construction took place. The money was stolen. All of it. KSH 90 Million. This is the amount that the County Government paid to another contractor, to build the Governor a mansion, having previously lost KSH 120 million. So, the tally for the Governor’s residence now stands at KSH 210 million. Never mind that the limit allowed by law is KSH 45 million. KSH 5 billion. In the last days of his term in office, an outgoing Governor of Turkana, Koli Nanok, EGH. , sought to inflate pending bills by adding KSH 5 billion so that it can be paid to his criminal cartel. KSH 5 billion. We have our key numbers, ladies and gentlemen, so let us discuss. So, we have a county that is dead last in literacy, and in the top 2 of the poorest counties in the republic. Only 20% of the population can read. The Governor earns 92 times the average citizen. The Governor lives in a house that cost over KSH 200 million. When he leaves his house in the morning, he goes to his office that cost KSH 829 million. And this is all happening when 80% of the County residents struggle to put food on the table. Those are the facts, and they are not in dispute. During the same time, the County Government geniuses decide to build the Speaker of the County Assembly a house. And a home office, and a garage. The house was initially estimated to cost KSH 75 million. But due to circumstances that not a soul in the government could explain to auditors, the contract expired before the house was completed, and the County Government found a new contractor to complete the job for an additional KSH 29 million. But this palace in the jungle worth apparently worth over KSH 100 million in Turkana County was not enough. The County proceeded to build the Speaker a guest house for another KSH 19 million, and a few other amenities, and so the whole cost went to KSH 276 million! The legal limit for a Speaker’s house is KSH 35 million, and they spent close to KSH 130 million just for one residence. By this time, I am sure you are getting tired of these obscene numbers. You and I work, and pay taxes. Nobody pays you 92 times the income your average neighbor is making. And for sure nobody will drop KSH 100 million to build you a house. These are the perks of working in government in a poor country. Go figure. And so, as a country, we need to answer for ourselves the question I posed yesterday, which is, what is the point of government? What is its role in our lives. If this level of criminality and pillaging can occur in our country in the midst of so much poverty, questioning the need for government is a totally valid question. I said in my last post that, when the average citizen looks at the thug on the street and the government, and is unable to discern any meaningful difference between them, that society from that point on is on its journey to becoming a failed state. A journey to anarchy. Over the last two months or so, Kenyans have been shouting at the top of their lungs, begging for their government to listen. To hear them out. Kenyans have asked that their government stop this unbelievable level of plunder. Dozens of Kenyans have died, thousands injured, and many more are missing today. To this day, the people that govern us continue to use the power of the gun to subdue Kenyans, until they can take everything in their sight. And so, as a society, we all have to ask whether today there is any difference between the thug on the street and our governments. Every Kenyan will have to answer this question for themselves. And before answering this question, everyone needs to remember the many Calvins in our society. Smart, upright children whose only crime is to be born in an unforgiving, lawless, and corrupt purgatory that is Kenya today. For myself, I have concluded that there is no difference between the thug on the street and our governments, county and national alike. If you can see any meaningful difference, let me know. I am willing to listen. So despite over KSH 100 billion in money sent to Turkana County, there is almost no measurable improvement in people’s life today. None. And it makes sense, when you look at how that money is spent. I want you to forget for a second the obscene obsession by the County Government with spending ungodly amounts of money on themselves. The houses, etc. If you step back and look at how the government is actually spending the hard-earned money on other things, you will be depressed. I am telling you that I wept three times in the middle of the night trying to make sense of this crazy situation in Turkana County. Three times. I have never imagined that human beings can be so greedy and cold-blooded. Think about this: In the couple of years I reviewed, the County spent around KSH 400 million annually in “tourism” initiatives, including marketing, and apparently upgrading certain facilities. KSH 400 million for tourism. In Turkana County. In 1 year. KSH 400 million per year in marketing and other money pits. The government’s own website says that the county gets around 3000 visitors per month. Around 36,000 per year. That’s them saying that, on their website. Are you curious to know the return on that KSH 400 million investment? I have an answer for you. Remember that I told you that the County has never raised more than KSH 200 million in a year within the county, despite its KSH 18.4 billion budget? Let me walk you through the breakdown of the absolutely embarrassing shit-show that is the County Government’s “own source revenue” operations. In 2022-2023, the County Government collected KSH 190 million locally against their KSH 18.4 billion budget. 1% of the budget. Remember, there is absolutely no requirement on the County to cut costs, or achieve certain local revenue targets today. So they raised KSH 45 million in single business permits, KSH 72 million in CESS, KSH 8 million in market fee, KSH 9 million in “slaughter fees”. And then finally, there is the return on the tourism investment that you were looking for. A whopping KSH 209, 000 in “park fees”. KSH 209,000 in fees, after investing KSH 400 million. And so, take this as an example and extrapolate it across the entire budget, and you can see how one can spend KSH 100 billion and get NOTHING in return. You don’t need to be a genius to see the absurdity of this situation. Let me explain using an example that should illustrate the utter dimwittedness of this situation. Remember the KSH 100 billion sent to Turkana by you and me? Part of this amount is supposed to be for “service delivery”, or “recurrent expenditure”. Usually about 70% of the budget. The balance, 30%, is designed to go to development projects. With that in mind, from KSH 100 billion, the County apparently has made KSH 30 billion worth of investments, right? 30% of the KSH 100 billion. Now, if you employed someone to run a business for you, and they asked you to invest KSH 30 billion, which is no small fortune, at some point you would have to start seeing returns, right? That’s common sense, isn’t it? So, when we look at the revenues streams that make up this paltry sum of KSH 190 million, and see things like “slaughter fees’ and “market fees”, what does it tell you? It tells me there is no real “development” happening in that county. Trust me, if you had real development totaling KSH 30 billion, you would have corporate taxes in the hundreds of millions or billions, a booming real estate market, rising wages and standards of living, etc., low unemployment, etc. You would not have 80% of the people living hand-to mouth, and a County Government that can not afford to support itself for 5 days out of the year that has 365 days! We do not have enough time, trust me, to deal with the shit-show that is Turkana County. Dealing with that mess would require a forensic team. I will just highlight a few of other “in your-face” type of theft of public funds, and then conclude my submission. A government that has a budget of KSH 18.4 billion annually, and which has never raised more than 1% of its budget had the wisdom to do the following with your money: · Spend KSH 222 million on a project building something that NOBODY uses. You got that right. They spent KSH 222 million on a facility that NOBODY uses. KSH 222 million gone to waste, in a county that is dead last in pretty much all measures of human progress. · Remember the County Government offices that cost KSH 829 million? The County spent KSH 82 million on “air-conditioning” for that building. · Despite the County Spending hundreds of millions for the top three officers of the County, the Governor and his Deputy, in the 2022-2023 year, illegally charged the county (you and I) KSH 2.2 million in housing allowance! · Built two facilities for KSH 16 million, that were completed, but NOBODY uses them. · Entered into a contract for the construction of a plastic use facility for KSH 13 million in 2021. The contractor gets paid KSH 4.9 million, and has never been seen since. · Paid out KSH 62 million in salaries that were not supportable in just one year. They could not point to anybody and say, that is who we paid. · Paid out KSH 27 million in legal fees that nobody could say what they related to. And the County’s Legal Advisor, who, in 2022-2023, had a budget of KSH 123 million, apparently did not know anything about it! · Had an outstanding bill at Kenya Revenue Authority in the amount of KSH 486 million, that did not show up on the County Government’s financial statements. Think about that. KSH 486 million owned to the Kenya Revenue Authority, and that liability is not on the financial statements! This only means that someone took those funds for themselves, which is why the liability would be missing from the county’s books. · Could not account for KSH 367 million in expenditures for 2022-2023. KSH 367 million, in unexplained expenses. · Awarded a contract worth over KSH 200 million to a bidder with no bank statement, against the law. This contract was entered into and approved before the statutory time after the bidding process lapsed. Someone was in a hurry to get paid. KSH 200 million, illegally awarded to a bidder who did not have a 6-month bank statement. · Apparently purchased KSH 1.5 billion in assets in 2022-2023, but kept no records of the said assets. For this reason, NOBODY can verify where these assets are located. KSH 1.5 billion. Let me just say this. In my last article, the most common critique was that it was too long. Too many words. I did not intend to make another long article. Trust me when I tell you this, we do not have the time to detail half of the problems in Turkana County. For just 1 year! We do not. Now, you recall my point about how societies descend to madness and anarchy. In our country today, our leaders are accusing those of us who are agitating for honest and transparent governance of being traitors to the country. They call us anarchists, criminals, and merchants of chaos. They are questioning our patriotism. You have all seen the government and its horde of propagandists threatening the Ford Foundation and others because they may have helped civil society keep the lights on, and investigative journalists to have the capacity to continue to do the Lord’s work of investigating criminality in government. As though citizens are so dumb and ignorant, that they cannot see what is going on. The reason why millions of Calvins in this country will never graduate from college and earn a decent living is not because of the Ford Foundation. No. It is because of the thieves we have in office today, like the ones in Turkana County. In this post, I copy our leaders, the President and his deputy. I copy them because I want them to help Kenyans understand the following conundrum, about crime and criminals. There is nothing so special or peculiar about criminals or where they pop up. There are criminals in the US, Canada, France, and other places. Just like we have criminals in Kenya. The difference between banana republics and failed states, and civilized societies, is WHAT we do to and about criminals. In civilized societies, criminals are prosecuted and punished heavily. They are shunned. In some places, those charged with serious crimes such as corruption are executed. These are societies that are committed to sending the message that corruption, which robs citizens of their rights, is not acceptable. And they demonstrate this commitment by heavily punishing those who steal from the most vulnerable in society. In Kenya, we see the opposite. Criminals are exalted. They are promoted and embraced in government. It was just last week that the president unveiled his nominees for his Cabinet. Among them, are the likes of Hassan Ali Joho, EGH. , @GovWOparanya , and Davis Chirchir, ALL people who have been accused or charged with massive corruption against Kenyans. And am sure you remember that I mentioned Koli Nanok, EGH. , the man who tried to steal KSH 5 billion in his last days in office. Would you believe it if I told you that he works in government, at State House? He plunded billions of your money, got no measurable improvement in the lives of his subjects, and now has a government job in State House. Let that sink in. And so, the question is, how is it that in a country of 55 million people, with thousands of highly qualified people who have never ever stolen from Kenyans, he ends up with the criminals and thieves in the government, despite the fact that their crimes are in the public domain? How is this possible? Is it possible that these thieves possess a certain unique ability to run government, save Kenyans billions, and solve problems in a way that the president performs a cost-benefit analysis, and the benefits outweigh the costs of their theft? If not, what message does it send to Kenyans, when their own president puts into office known thieves? I think that is a fair question, don’t you? Dr. Ekuru Aukot Rigathi Gachagua William Samoei Ruto, PhD Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Citizen TV Kenya Nation Breaking News TI-Kenya CNN County Government of Turkana](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1818840969066037558/ext_tw_video_thumb/1818834432502951936/pu/img/ab9du2ECDO-A_5N7.jpg)
My fellow Kenyans, Many of you have seen my recent posts about the deadly cancer that is corruption in our country. In my last post, I tried to paint a picture of the disconnect between our potential as a country and the economic circumstances we find ourselves in today, and the connection between corruption and the incalculable pain and suffering and cruelty that is meted out every single day to the most vulnerable among us by thieves operating out of public office. And after covering the goings-on in Mandera County, I told you that in my honest opinion, our governments exist to cater for the filthy-rich lifestyles of the vilest and most corrupt among us, at the expense of everyone else. I received tremendous support from all of you, for speaking on behalf of so many struggling Kenyans who don’t have a voice, or the audience necessary to spark the much-needed discussion about where we are heading as a country. But even with all that support, I have received messages asking me to be careful. One compatriot told me: “prepare to be relentlessly pursued, threatened, enticed, guilt-tripped, and gas-lit”. This is from a someone who knows how our government operates, and how it uses violence and its monopoly on power to silence those who question why politicians are stealing so much. I am not naive about the dangers of speaking up and calling out thieves who control state machinery, and who possess the ability to shut me up in a few seconds. But I will tell you why we CAN NOT and MUST NOT keep quiet. In November of 2023, I stumbled upon the story of a young man from Turkana, Calvin Esekon Esewit , who, despite scoring an A-, and getting an acceptance into medical school, spent two years not knowing whether his dreams of becoming a doctor would ever come true. I was moved by that story in a way that I can never adequately explain. I could not understand how it is possible that, in our country, a young man who appears to be every parent’s dream child can spend two years in limbo while we as a country possess the ability to invest in our best and brightest. And so, I spent weeks trying to chase down Calvin to see how I could help him attend college. After a lot of searching, I finally found Calvin, and by this time he had managed to get some help and is now in college. While this story has a great ending, it did not to be this way. And we know that the number of cases that end like this, with some success, are a small fraction of those ones which end tragically, with broken dreams. This is what happens when corruption consumes anything and everything in a country. It destroys lives. See attached video to learn about Calvin's story. I tell you all this story because it provides context to today's topic. For one story like this one that you see on the news, there are millions that never make the news. But they are real situations, nonetheless. There are millions of your compatriots who are devastated by this killer cancer of corruption that is perpetuated by people that you and I have put into public office ostensibly to improve our lives. They go into these offices and abuse the trust you bestowed upon them and deny you and everyone else a decent opportunity in life. You see, Calvin and millions of other victims of this shameless level of corruption and plunder have no voice, and no real ability to look the thieves that are destroying lives and generations of Kenyans in eye and tell them to stop this unbearable pain and the cruelty. This is the reason I embarked on this journey to attempt to expose this shameful situation. Watch the attached video of Calvin’s situation, and I am sure that you will agree that the millions of Calvins in our country need a voice, NO MATTER THE RISK. The thieves that are destroying the futures of millions of children just so they can have beachside homes in Miami, Dubai and other places count on the idea that most people will fear for their lives, and therefore not speak up. They count on the growing apathy in the Kenyan psyche. But we cannot give in to that. We cannot cower to thieves. We must look them straight in the eye and tell them that they MUST STOP. If we don't, our children and their children are guaranteed the same level of cruelty. And so with that, today I want to talk about the utterly insane crime scene that is Turkana County. I don’t know any other way to describe it, other than, it is a “shit-show”. Just follow along, and let me know if you disagree. As I did in my previous commentary, I will ask you to indulge me a little bit, and allow me to use a couple of pictures, because pictures speak louder than a thousand words. The first picture shows the state-of-the art County Government offices, that the County Government of Turkana decided to invest an ungodly amount of money on. Close to a billion shillings. The second picture is a classroom in session. In Turkana County. These two realities are occurring in parallel in the same county, at the same time. Ladies and gentlemen, let me just tell you that I do not go out of my way to find bad news. I want stories that would help re-affirm our belief in the fundamental decency of human beings. When I find good news as I review these Counties’ decisions and how they behave with our resources, I will be the first one to report it to you. But I don’t have any good news today. I have bad news. If you read my commentary yesterday and were offended by what you saw, I am afraid you might not make it to the end of this article, because what you will hear will be quite shocking. The cancer of corruption, particularly at the County Government level, is worse than your wildest imagination. And so, as I like to do, I like to start off by putting some numbers on the table for us to use as reference points. Bear in my that all the information I put in this article is publicly available. Nothing came to me through a whistle blower. The first number is KSH 100 Billion. With a B. In the last decade or so, you and I, through the National Government, has sent over KSH 100 billion to Turkana County. To support recurrent expenditure, and development. For example, in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, we sent KSH 12.6 billion. In the 2021-2022 fiscal year, we sent KSH 11.4 billion. And on and on and on. The second number is 1 million. This is the population of Turkana County. The third number is KSH 18.4 billion. This was Turkana County’s budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The fourth number is KSH 190 million. This was the amount of money that Turkana County was able to generate on its own accord within the county, from all its investments and other activities in the period in question. This number is an important proxy, in my view, for the value of the county’s economic prospects for the foreseeable future, and to people that are not driven by greed and corruption, would be an important consideration when they are thinking about how and where to deploy your money as taxpayers. If you are doing the math, Turkana County, for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, was only able to raise 1% of the funds needed to keep the lights on. 99% came from you and I, and a tiny amount from grants. The next number is KSH 129, 040. This is the average ANNUAL [emphasis added] income of a resident of Turkana County ( Keep that number in mind when we are discussing the massive theft of public funds by Turkana County leaders. The next number is 80%. 80% of the residents of Turkana County live below the poverty line. They have a really difficult time putting food on the table. ( The next number is KSH 12 Million. This is the basic salary of the Governor of Turkana County before other benefits that, as I explained yesterday, can often double the salary. Remember the “housing allowance”, the “hardship allowance”, the “commuter allowance”, the “risk allowance”, the “extraneous allowance”, etc.? Remember that? I still cannot figure out, for the life of me, what “extraneous” means in the context of County business, but we don’t time to dwell on this. The next number is 93. The Governor of Turkana County makes 93 times the average Turkana County resident’s annual income. 93 times! The next number is 82%. This was the percentage of people that were illiterate in Turkana County in 2013 ( Could not read or write. A point to note about the above literacy figure. Ten years later, and despite over KSH 100 billion is spent in Turkana County, including many billions for education, that literacy rate HAS NOT CHANGED ONE BIT. Only 20% of the population can read or write today. ( KSH 829 million. This is how much it cost to build the County Government offices. Yes, the ones shown in the first picture. KSH 120 million. The County Government decided that it was prudent to pay a contractor KSH 120 million to construct the Governor’s personal residence. Get this, even after this payment, no construction took place. The money was stolen. All of it. KSH 90 Million. This is the amount that the County Government paid to another contractor, to build the Governor a mansion, having previously lost KSH 120 million. So, the tally for the Governor’s residence now stands at KSH 210 million. Never mind that the limit allowed by law is KSH 45 million. KSH 5 billion. In the last days of his term in office, an outgoing Governor of Turkana, Koli Nanok, EGH. , sought to inflate pending bills by adding KSH 5 billion so that it can be paid to his criminal cartel. KSH 5 billion. We have our key numbers, ladies and gentlemen, so let us discuss. So, we have a county that is dead last in literacy, and in the top 2 of the poorest counties in the republic. Only 20% of the population can read. The Governor earns 92 times the average citizen. The Governor lives in a house that cost over KSH 200 million. When he leaves his house in the morning, he goes to his office that cost KSH 829 million. And this is all happening when 80% of the County residents struggle to put food on the table. Those are the facts, and they are not in dispute. During the same time, the County Government geniuses decide to build the Speaker of the County Assembly a house. And a home office, and a garage. The house was initially estimated to cost KSH 75 million. But due to circumstances that not a soul in the government could explain to auditors, the contract expired before the house was completed, and the County Government found a new contractor to complete the job for an additional KSH 29 million. But this palace in the jungle worth apparently worth over KSH 100 million in Turkana County was not enough. The County proceeded to build the Speaker a guest house for another KSH 19 million, and a few other amenities, and so the whole cost went to KSH 276 million! The legal limit for a Speaker’s house is KSH 35 million, and they spent close to KSH 130 million just for one residence. By this time, I am sure you are getting tired of these obscene numbers. You and I work, and pay taxes. Nobody pays you 92 times the income your average neighbor is making. And for sure nobody will drop KSH 100 million to build you a house. These are the perks of working in government in a poor country. Go figure. And so, as a country, we need to answer for ourselves the question I posed yesterday, which is, what is the point of government? What is its role in our lives. If this level of criminality and pillaging can occur in our country in the midst of so much poverty, questioning the need for government is a totally valid question. I said in my last post that, when the average citizen looks at the thug on the street and the government, and is unable to discern any meaningful difference between them, that society from that point on is on its journey to becoming a failed state. A journey to anarchy. Over the last two months or so, Kenyans have been shouting at the top of their lungs, begging for their government to listen. To hear them out. Kenyans have asked that their government stop this unbelievable level of plunder. Dozens of Kenyans have died, thousands injured, and many more are missing today. To this day, the people that govern us continue to use the power of the gun to subdue Kenyans, until they can take everything in their sight. And so, as a society, we all have to ask whether today there is any difference between the thug on the street and our governments. Every Kenyan will have to answer this question for themselves. And before answering this question, everyone needs to remember the many Calvins in our society. Smart, upright children whose only crime is to be born in an unforgiving, lawless, and corrupt purgatory that is Kenya today. For myself, I have concluded that there is no difference between the thug on the street and our governments, county and national alike. If you can see any meaningful difference, let me know. I am willing to listen. So despite over KSH 100 billion in money sent to Turkana County, there is almost no measurable improvement in people’s life today. None. And it makes sense, when you look at how that money is spent. I want you to forget for a second the obscene obsession by the County Government with spending ungodly amounts of money on themselves. The houses, etc. If you step back and look at how the government is actually spending the hard-earned money on other things, you will be depressed. I am telling you that I wept three times in the middle of the night trying to make sense of this crazy situation in Turkana County. Three times. I have never imagined that human beings can be so greedy and cold-blooded. Think about this: In the couple of years I reviewed, the County spent around KSH 400 million annually in “tourism” initiatives, including marketing, and apparently upgrading certain facilities. KSH 400 million for tourism. In Turkana County. In 1 year. KSH 400 million per year in marketing and other money pits. The government’s own website says that the county gets around 3000 visitors per month. Around 36,000 per year. That’s them saying that, on their website. Are you curious to know the return on that KSH 400 million investment? I have an answer for you. Remember that I told you that the County has never raised more than KSH 200 million in a year within the county, despite its KSH 18.4 billion budget? Let me walk you through the breakdown of the absolutely embarrassing shit-show that is the County Government’s “own source revenue” operations. In 2022-2023, the County Government collected KSH 190 million locally against their KSH 18.4 billion budget. 1% of the budget. Remember, there is absolutely no requirement on the County to cut costs, or achieve certain local revenue targets today. So they raised KSH 45 million in single business permits, KSH 72 million in CESS, KSH 8 million in market fee, KSH 9 million in “slaughter fees”. And then finally, there is the return on the tourism investment that you were looking for. A whopping KSH 209, 000 in “park fees”. KSH 209,000 in fees, after investing KSH 400 million. And so, take this as an example and extrapolate it across the entire budget, and you can see how one can spend KSH 100 billion and get NOTHING in return. You don’t need to be a genius to see the absurdity of this situation. Let me explain using an example that should illustrate the utter dimwittedness of this situation. Remember the KSH 100 billion sent to Turkana by you and me? Part of this amount is supposed to be for “service delivery”, or “recurrent expenditure”. Usually about 70% of the budget. The balance, 30%, is designed to go to development projects. With that in mind, from KSH 100 billion, the County apparently has made KSH 30 billion worth of investments, right? 30% of the KSH 100 billion. Now, if you employed someone to run a business for you, and they asked you to invest KSH 30 billion, which is no small fortune, at some point you would have to start seeing returns, right? That’s common sense, isn’t it? So, when we look at the revenues streams that make up this paltry sum of KSH 190 million, and see things like “slaughter fees’ and “market fees”, what does it tell you? It tells me there is no real “development” happening in that county. Trust me, if you had real development totaling KSH 30 billion, you would have corporate taxes in the hundreds of millions or billions, a booming real estate market, rising wages and standards of living, etc., low unemployment, etc. You would not have 80% of the people living hand-to mouth, and a County Government that can not afford to support itself for 5 days out of the year that has 365 days! We do not have enough time, trust me, to deal with the shit-show that is Turkana County. Dealing with that mess would require a forensic team. I will just highlight a few of other “in your-face” type of theft of public funds, and then conclude my submission. A government that has a budget of KSH 18.4 billion annually, and which has never raised more than 1% of its budget had the wisdom to do the following with your money: · Spend KSH 222 million on a project building something that NOBODY uses. You got that right. They spent KSH 222 million on a facility that NOBODY uses. KSH 222 million gone to waste, in a county that is dead last in pretty much all measures of human progress. · Remember the County Government offices that cost KSH 829 million? The County spent KSH 82 million on “air-conditioning” for that building. · Despite the County Spending hundreds of millions for the top three officers of the County, the Governor and his Deputy, in the 2022-2023 year, illegally charged the county (you and I) KSH 2.2 million in housing allowance! · Built two facilities for KSH 16 million, that were completed, but NOBODY uses them. · Entered into a contract for the construction of a plastic use facility for KSH 13 million in 2021. The contractor gets paid KSH 4.9 million, and has never been seen since. · Paid out KSH 62 million in salaries that were not supportable in just one year. They could not point to anybody and say, that is who we paid. · Paid out KSH 27 million in legal fees that nobody could say what they related to. And the County’s Legal Advisor, who, in 2022-2023, had a budget of KSH 123 million, apparently did not know anything about it! · Had an outstanding bill at Kenya Revenue Authority in the amount of KSH 486 million, that did not show up on the County Government’s financial statements. Think about that. KSH 486 million owned to the Kenya Revenue Authority, and that liability is not on the financial statements! This only means that someone took those funds for themselves, which is why the liability would be missing from the county’s books. · Could not account for KSH 367 million in expenditures for 2022-2023. KSH 367 million, in unexplained expenses. · Awarded a contract worth over KSH 200 million to a bidder with no bank statement, against the law. This contract was entered into and approved before the statutory time after the bidding process lapsed. Someone was in a hurry to get paid. KSH 200 million, illegally awarded to a bidder who did not have a 6-month bank statement. · Apparently purchased KSH 1.5 billion in assets in 2022-2023, but kept no records of the said assets. For this reason, NOBODY can verify where these assets are located. KSH 1.5 billion. Let me just say this. In my last article, the most common critique was that it was too long. Too many words. I did not intend to make another long article. Trust me when I tell you this, we do not have the time to detail half of the problems in Turkana County. For just 1 year! We do not. Now, you recall my point about how societies descend to madness and anarchy. In our country today, our leaders are accusing those of us who are agitating for honest and transparent governance of being traitors to the country. They call us anarchists, criminals, and merchants of chaos. They are questioning our patriotism. You have all seen the government and its horde of propagandists threatening the Ford Foundation and others because they may have helped civil society keep the lights on, and investigative journalists to have the capacity to continue to do the Lord’s work of investigating criminality in government. As though citizens are so dumb and ignorant, that they cannot see what is going on. The reason why millions of Calvins in this country will never graduate from college and earn a decent living is not because of the Ford Foundation. No. It is because of the thieves we have in office today, like the ones in Turkana County. In this post, I copy our leaders, the President and his deputy. I copy them because I want them to help Kenyans understand the following conundrum, about crime and criminals. There is nothing so special or peculiar about criminals or where they pop up. There are criminals in the US, Canada, France, and other places. Just like we have criminals in Kenya. The difference between banana republics and failed states, and civilized societies, is WHAT we do to and about criminals. In civilized societies, criminals are prosecuted and punished heavily. They are shunned. In some places, those charged with serious crimes such as corruption are executed. These are societies that are committed to sending the message that corruption, which robs citizens of their rights, is not acceptable. And they demonstrate this commitment by heavily punishing those who steal from the most vulnerable in society. In Kenya, we see the opposite. Criminals are exalted. They are promoted and embraced in government. It was just last week that the president unveiled his nominees for his Cabinet. Among them, are the likes of Hassan Ali Joho, EGH. , @GovWOparanya , and Davis Chirchir, ALL people who have been accused or charged with massive corruption against Kenyans. And am sure you remember that I mentioned Koli Nanok, EGH. , the man who tried to steal KSH 5 billion in his last days in office. Would you believe it if I told you that he works in government, at State House? He plunded billions of your money, got no measurable improvement in the lives of his subjects, and now has a government job in State House. Let that sink in. And so, the question is, how is it that in a country of 55 million people, with thousands of highly qualified people who have never ever stolen from Kenyans, he ends up with the criminals and thieves in the government, despite the fact that their crimes are in the public domain? How is this possible? Is it possible that these thieves possess a certain unique ability to run government, save Kenyans billions, and solve problems in a way that the president performs a cost-benefit analysis, and the benefits outweigh the costs of their theft? If not, what message does it send to Kenyans, when their own president puts into office known thieves? I think that is a fair question, don’t you? Dr. Ekuru Aukot Rigathi Gachagua William Samoei Ruto, PhD Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Citizen TV Kenya Nation Breaking News TI-Kenya CNN County Government of Turkana
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My interview with Eric Latiff and Nomadic Panda 🐼 on the True Cost of Government to Kenyans.
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When you listen to people like Sakaja Arthur Johnson - you begin to understand the depth of our problem as a country. Listen to him try to articulate why he is unable to build drainage systems. He says - he lacks the capital. And this right here is just about the dumbest thing anyone can say - when you know the facts. I urge you to read my analysis of the absolute chaos and mayhem that is Nairobi County Finances. That analysis is below. But let me point out just a few examples of the sheer stupidity that is devouring Nairobi County. In 2023-2024, Sakaja Arthur Johnson had KSH 33 billion in revenue to serve 4.6 million people who call Nairobi home. Provide healthcare. Transportation systems. Social services. Sanitation and drainage services. How did he spend this money? (1) He spent 56% of this revenue on salaries - against the law, which caps such spending at 35%. That was KSH 18 billion. By so doing - he stole KSH 6.7 billion in money that should have gone to build drainage systems. This is not rocket science, Sakaja Arthur Johnson So citizens lose KSH 6.7 billion in one fell swoop. This KSH 18 billion went to 16,000 people who are 0.3% of Nairobi's population. That leaves KSH 15 billion. Right? He then dropped KSH 1.2 billion travelling to any foreign capital or exotic place that had any event where incompetent county politicians and their lackies could burn money. Such as: A trip to Marakech Morocco study "proactive management" at the cost of KSH 37 million. For two weeks, 19 people stayed in a resort destination in Morocco studying non-sense. A trip to Vancouver, British Columbia to study "Conflict Resolution" at the cost of KSH 10.9 million. 14 People! A trip to Dubai, to study "personal branding". Cost? KSH 9 million. And on, and on, and on. KSH 1.2 billion gets wasted that way. 100% wasteful. Look at the third attachment here. It tells you that Nairobi County spent KSH 6.3 billion on legal fees to 4 lawyers (am working to bring you details of who these lawyers are). I think we all know by now that math is not one of your strengths - so let's help you a bit. KSH 6.3 billion, Sakaja Arthur Johnson - is 20% of the County Budget. And it went to 4 lawyers. That is despite the fact that Nairobi County had a team of lawyers who cost citizens KSH 267 million in 2023-2024! And worse - read the Auditor General's comment: It was related to cases of corruption, incompetence in managing contracts, and other shenanigans like those. Point is - it was avoidable. 100% avoidable. What could KSH 6.3 billion worth of infrastructure look like in Nairobi? You lose KSH 6.7 billion in a salary heist to 0.3% of those in government. Lose another KSH 1.2 billion on foolish travel. And lose another KSH 6.3 billion to 4 lawyers. That, Sakaja Arthur Johnson is KSH 14 billion. KSH 14 billion. In just three easy examples of wastage. I have not even said a damn thing about the thousands of ghost workers on payroll in Nairobi. And there are thousands. Not me saying. Look on the fourth attachment. Fellow Kenyans, Allow me to quote one of our compatriots (Finiius): "We are a house where the parents sell the roof, to buy a suitcase, for a trip to ask the neighbors for a blanket" The people with the resources are wasting them right in front of our eyes - and then, they tell us that we are living in squalor because we lack resources. These people are incompetent, as hell. There is a clip of this same character somewhere telling kids that he is waiting on Ruto to buy these kids a "chapati making machine" - whatever that is. That is when those kids will eat. Meanwhile, he just gave KSH 6.3 billion of taxpayer money to four of his buddies. It's insane. Fellas - they say that stupidity is like death. When you are dead - you are not sad. Because you don't know that you are dead. But your loved ones feel the impact of your death. Same is true of stupidity. These guys in office apparently have no idea that they are stupid and incompetent. Don't you see? How else can anyone open their mouth and say with a straight face that they lack the resources to serve Kenyans, when they are losing money like drunks in a casino every which way? Lord have mercy! Senate of Kenya National Assembly KE Edwin Sifuna Dr. Miguna Miguna EACC Nasambu My Analysis of Nairobi County is available below: Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA on X: "If you have 32 minutes, I will show you how Nairobi County loses 32,949,346,981. Yes, that's not a typo. KSH 32 billion. Let me walk you through a trip to hell. Data from 2023-2024. The county had KSH 33 billion to spend. To serve 4.6 million residents. The county / X
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Dear William Samoei Ruto, PhD, I write this letter with a heavy heart but overflowing gratitude for the tremendous work you and your government have undertaken to dismantle our dreams, trample on our rights, and desecrate the very constitution you swore to protect. Thank you for ignoring the cries of millions of Kenyans who, in June 2024, dared to ask for accountability, justice, and an end to the corruption that has impoverished their lives. Your steadfast refusal to listen—choosing instead to offer theatrical performances of cabinet reshuffles under the cover of darkness—has truly been a masterclass in deception and betrayal. Bravo. We also extend our heartfelt thanks for your tireless efforts to ensure that the rule of law is not just undermined but obliterated. Your orders to abduct and disappear innocent Kenyans using unmarked police vehicles have brought a chilling sense of despair to the nation. The agony of families searching for their loved ones, only to find silence and graves, is a testament to your commitment to instilling fear and hopelessness. For this, we thank you. Thank you for maintaining a recruitment policy that values theft, incompetence, and impunity. By filling your government with individuals whose rap sheets rival their resumes, you have guaranteed that corruption will flourish unimpeded. Your ability to recycle disgraced officials into new positions with even greater opportunities for looting is, without a doubt, innovative governance at its finest. We are especially grateful for the crippling unemployment and economic despair you have so diligently cultivated. By pushing millions into poverty and robbing young people of hope, you have ensured that desperation remains our national currency. Your economic policies, or lack thereof, have made survival a privilege rather than a right. Finally, thank you for reminding us, through your spokesperson, that we should be grateful for your leadership. Indeed, we are grateful—for the lessons in resilience we have learned as we navigate this endless nightmare. We are grateful for the reminders that promises mean nothing and that constitution is merely decorative and general guidelines. Most of all, we are grateful for the example you have set—an example that will inspire generations to rise against leaders like you. Yours in boundless gratitude and despair, A Thankful Kenyan. Fellow Kenyans, please retweet to show appreciation to the dear president. Mwanaisha Chidzuga -DGS Senate of Kenya National Assembly KE TI-Kenya Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Dr. Miguna Miguna Dr. Ekuru Aukot Mizani254 Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Abdi hillary gondi Wanjiru Githiomi Eric Latiff Charles Ole Kabaiku Kikao
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My fellow Kenyans, In the spirit of accountability and civic education, I bring you my analysis of the Nyaribari Chache CDF. My analysis covered 2018-2022. Current MP is Hon. Zaheer Jhanda If you do not know him, please watch the first video attached, and the other pictures. These pictures are from his social media accounts. Please note that, the focus of the review is the CDF itself and not necessarily the politician. That is to say that I don't care when someone was elected. I am looking at the performance of the CDF vs intended purpose. When I do bring up the politician, I am discussing his or her fit for the job. Before we even get to the findings, I do want to ask you for your indulgence a little bit, to discuss something that I believe is related to the findings you will see below. And that is, "intellectual capacity". Or, "competence". Please follow me here. Let us assume that you are a wealthy individual. But you were not born wealthy. You started from below scratch, and now, you own several companies with annual revenues in the billions. One has annual revenues of KSH 17 billion, and let us call it KIAMBU CORPORATION. The other has annual revenues of KSH 40 billion. We will call this one NAIROBI CORPORATION. Finally - you have a start-up - and things are really tight there. You need to make sure the start-up succeeds. You need someone to help steer the start-up through some hard times, ensuring that the company is focused on its core competency, to develop it into a success story. The start-up is young, but has KSH 200 million in revenues annually. And you cannot afford to waste money. We will call the start-up Nyaribari Chache Corporation. You need to hire Chief Executive Officers ("CEOs") for these three companies. Among the people that have expressed interest in these positions, are: @MikeSonko for CEO of Nairobi Corporation. Sakaja Arthur Johnson for Nairobi Corporation. Ferdinand Waititu, aka H.E. Waititu BabaYao for Kiambu Corporation. And Hon. Zaheer Jhanda for Nyaribari Chache. You scan their resumes and other publicly available information, and here is what you find: @MikeSonko is a self-proclaimed "reformed fraudster" and conman. He once served a prison sentence, which he did not have the discipline to complete, in the coast for fraud. Has no known legitimate educational or professional background. Nothing that says he has even the average skills required to run - which is different from just holding the title of CEO - a company with KSH 40 billion in revenue. He is very flashy, and you can tell he adores cash by just visiting his Instagram account. But you have no idea where his cash comes from, although there are rumours that he may be involved in illicit business dealings. Sakaja Arthur Johnson - appears is born politician. He has never been accused of running anything - including a kiosk. Has never really worked anywhere where he could have learned any skills. But he has sent a diploma with his name from a "TEAM UNIVERSITY" - which, given that nobody has ever heard it, you googled to find out that it is a school in Uganda. That said, you have never seen anyone graduate from that school, and have absolutely no idea about the rigor of its academic programs. In any case - he has ZERO experience outside of politics. In other words - the only thing you are certain about with regards to him, is that he possesses dimples. H.E. Waititu BabaYao is equally enigmatic. You have listened to his interviews on TV, trying to gauge his acumen and competency. He does have a degree certificate from a school in India - but not much is known about his competency, abilities, or experience to run a company with KSH 17 billion in revenue. For Nyaribari Chache, Hon. Zaheer Jhanda wants the job, bad. His resume reads as follows: Educational background: Kenya Methodist University: Currently Seeking a Bachelor or Arts degree, having started in 2020. Outside of this, he has a KCSE certificate from Cardinal Otunga High School (1997). Work experience: BIG. FAT. NOTHING. Now, you have to decide if you are going to hire these people, to run a company with KSH 40 billion in revenues, 17 billion in revenues, and the start-up with annual revenues of KSH 200 million. And to be sure - there are hundreds of applicants for these jobs, with impressive credentials and verified work experience. Are you hiring H.E. Waititu BabaYao @MikeSonko Sakaja Arthur Johnson or Hon. Zaheer Jhanda for these jobs? The scenario I just gave you above is not a figment of my imagination. It is not a functional story am working on. These four people, sought and received positions to lead Nairobi City County Kiambu County Kenya. and Nyaribari Chache MP - on those records. Nairobi City County has a budget north of KSH 40 billion. Kiambu County Kenya. has a budget of KSH 17 billion. Hon. Zaheer Jhanda ran for office without any credentials or work experience, and the good people of Nyaribari Chache elected him. His basic salary is close to 1 million a month. The point is this. When we hire these people for these jobs, we are trusting them with the ability to use their "competency" to make very important decisions for us - about how to allocate very scarce resources. And, there are millions of people, whose dreams and aspirations rise and fall based on the decisions these people make, with those resources. For example, with a KSH 17 billion budget, Kiambu County is not supposed to spend more than 35% of this budget on salaries. If you look at most counties, and look at the number of people employed by the county, it is normally less than 1% of the entire county population. When people leading our government lack the requisite competency, and make dumb decisions, we pay the price. When Kiambu County Kenya. spends 61% of the budget in violation of the law (as opposed to a maximum of 35%), as it does often, this means that the county politicians have effectively diverted over KSH 4.5 billion in that one year, from serving you, to a few people. That KSH 4.5 billion is the difference between having a well-equipped and functioning hospital, and not. A good road, or not. In other words, the competency of people we put into these offices matter, people. It does. The question then is, why are our standards different in politics? If you could not hire these people for CEO positions to play with your own money, why would you elect them to lead jurisdictions with similar level of resources and complexity? That having been said, I digress. Back to Nyaribari Chache. Executive Summary: The audit reports for Nyaribari Chache Constituency’s NGCDF covering financial years 2018-2022 reveal systemic financial mismanagement, misallocation of funds, corruption, and governance failures. The audit findings highlight missing, unaccounted, and wasted funds amounting to Kshs. 292,609,418, affecting the constituency’s service delivery and public trust. Key Findings and Financial Irregularities Missing or Potentially Stolen Funds – Kshs. 79,677,585 1. Unaccounted school bursary disbursements totaling Kshs. 35,542,356 (FY 2018-2019). 2. Overpayments for construction projects exceeding contract values by Kshs. 7,696,229 (FY 2021-2022). Without rationale or support. 3. Unsupported expenditures on security projects of Kshs. 7,000,000 (FY 2021-2022). 4. Bank balance discrepancies, including unreversed stale cheques of Kshs. 2,027,111 (FY 2019-2020). 5. Irregular/illegal procurement of school buses without open tendering, totaling Kshs. 23,349,603 (FY 2018-2019). Wasted or Inefficiently Used Funds – Kshs. 134,136,599 1. Multiple stalled or incomplete school projects, including classroom, laboratory, and dormitory constructions totaling Kshs. 12,500,000 (FY 2021-2022). 2. Unfinished security projects worth Kshs. 34,500,000, with contractors abandoning sites (FY 2021-2022). 3. Procurement mismanagement, including unsupported sports equipment purchases amounting to Kshs. 3,497,000 (FY 2020-2021). Unaccounted or Unsupported Funds – Kshs. 78,795,234 1. Unverified/unsupported allowances and monitoring expenses amounting to Kshs. 8,900,000 (FY 2020-2021). 2. Undocumented expenditure on tuition block construction totaling Kshs. 13,688,879 (FY 2021-2022). 3. Lack of asset register documentation, with total reported assets of Kshs. 30,501,772 (FY 2021-2022). 4. Unreconciled bank balances, including Kshs. 17,291,514 in unpresented cheques that cannot be accounted for (FY 2020-2021). 5. Sports funds misuse, with Kshs. 3,497,000 unaccounted for in equipment purchases (FY 2020-2021). Details and minutiae below: Financial Year 2021-2022 Key Audit Issues: 1. Unsupported Expenditure on Tuition Block Construction. Contract amount was Kshs. 5,992,650. CDF somehow claims paying Kshs. 13,688,879 - overpaying by Kshs. 7,696,229. No interim certificates, project progress reports, or bank statements provided, as is required by law. No explanation or rationale for excess payment. 2. Unsupported Security Project Expenditure. Total Allocated: Kshs. 36,400,000. One project inspected was Kiogoro Police Post (Kshs. 7,000,000). No project file, payment certificates, or proof of expenditures provided. Absolutely ZERO documentation. 3. Irregular/Illegal Procurement Practices. Operating Expenses unaccounted For: Kshs. 1,650,000 4. Poorly Managed School Projects. Funds Transferred to Primary Schools: Kshs. 41,045,982 5. Purchase of School Bus Without Documentation. Amount Paid: Kshs. 8,200,000 No procurement documents provided for Nyanchwa Girls Secondary School bus purchase. 6. Multiple Incomplete School Projects/or abandoned/poorly managed. KSH 12.5 million of investment wasted. Examples: Kerera Central Primary: Construction incomplete (Kshs. 1,200,000). Kabwori Primary: Only 1 classroom built instead of a 3-roomed block (Kshs. 700,000). Amariba Secondary: Lab incomplete (Kshs. 4,900,000). 7. Millions in assets unaccounted for. CDF says it has Total Assets of Kshs. 30,501,772, but it cannot show any documentation. Financial Year 2020-2021 Key Audit Issues: 1. Unsupported Allowances & Monitoring Expenses. Total Committee Expenses: Kshs. 8,900,000, but Kshs. 5,650,000 cannot be supported with any documentation. No receipts. 2. Inaccurate Cash Balances. Total Reported Bank Balance: Kshs. 32,612,061, but Kshs. 17,291,514 in cheques that were written have not been accounted for. 3. Incomplete School Projects. Total Funding: Kshs. 58,637,901. Examples: Boronyi Secondary: Admin block incomplete despite full funding (Kshs. 1,320,835). Kenya Medical Training College (Ibeno Campus): Unjustified and unsupported contract variation of Kshs. 2,278,847. 4. Unsupported Sports Equipment Purchases. Total Allocated: Kshs. 4,550,000, but Kshs. 3,497,000 cannot be supported through documentation. No receipts or any other evidence available. Financial Year 2019-2020 Key Audit Issues: 1. Unreversed Stale Cheques: Kshs. 2,027,111. Cannot be accounted for. 2. Multiple Stalled, and poorly undertaken Secondary School Projects. Examples: Nyataro COG Secondary: Admin Block stalled at ground floor. Nyamemiso Secondary: Laboratory had cracked walls. Financial Year 2018-2019 Key Audit Issues: 1. Unsupported Domestic Travel & Allowances. Total Spent: Kshs. 11,504,819, but Kshs. 1,875,000 cannot be supported. ZERO documentation. 2. Unverified Bursary Disbursements. Total Disbursed: Kshs. 35,831,356. A whopping : Kshs. 35,542,356 could not be confirmed by the supposed receiving institutions. 3. Improper and Illegal Procurement of School Buses. Total Spent: Kshs. 23,349,603. No Open Tender Used: Violated procurement laws. 4. Lack of Land Ownership Documents. Out of Assets Reported by CDF, with a claimed value of Kshs. 21,177,306, Kshs. 8,096,672 could not be confirmed through documentation. This land CDF says is owned, but has no ownership documents. NG-CDF Mizani254 Dr. Miguna Miguna The Kisii County Wanjiru Githiomi Kikao Bright Shitemi Hon. Zaheer Jhanda Hon Alice Ng'ang'a, CBS Senate of Kenya National Assembly KE William Samoei Ruto, PhD Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Dr. Milton N. Oriku SokoAnalyst WILLIE OEBA Dr. Dancan Onyango Eric Latiff
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Fellow Kenyans, If you have followed me for a while, you are aware of the work I do around corruption and the insane level of pilferage and wastage happening in our governments. Particularly at the county level. I have covered many, many counties. Check out my PL for analyses of Turkana, Siaya, Nakuru, Murang'a, Kajiado, Tana River, Kilifi, Mombasa, Migori, Mandera, Wajir, Kakamega, etc. I have also covered Kiambu County Kenya. - my home county. I have told you in no uncertain terms that Kiambu County governor Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 is one of the most corrupt governors in Kenya. And I tell you this, as a direct victim of the County Government's insane level of corruption. In late 2023, I applied for a permit to construct a block of apartments in the county. I submitted every single document required. In a period of around 3 weeks, Kiambu County Kenya. provided an invoice for the said services - that differed by over KSH 100,000 even though the underlying fact pattern was exactly the same. The county government agent was also the same. The only thing different was the day. When I escalated the issue and sought an explanation, I was told to pay the smaller invoice and not make a big fuss about. What this tells you is that, the county government is a den of debauchery where services are sold to the highest bidder. Immediately after, Kiambu County Kenya. - through Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 and the CEC overseeing licensing and physical development - a charlatan by the name of Ms. Salome, confiscated and hid my documents for 7 months! I was then approached by Kiambu County Kenya. officials who offered to help, but only after I pay them a bribe. They shook me down for KSH 40,000 and my documents immediately re-appeared. Last year, we were all treated to drama of the century when Tatu City held a press conference to detail a shake down of Tatu City whereby Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 and his sidekick (or sidechick) Ms. Salome were demanding KSH 4 billion in bribes in order for the County Government to do its damn job and approve Tatu City's development plan. Through this shakedown, Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 and his sidechick have managed to deprive the citizens of Kiambu economic opportunities - jobs, contracts, etc. This, in a county where the 18-34 years of age bracket faces a 67% unemployment rate, and a generation of young Kenyans have lost all hope and are consumed by alcoholism due to lack of economic opportunities. So, waking up today to see news of Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 's arrest for his corruption did not surprise me one bit. None one bit. The surprise to me came when I saw the alleged total of his corruption - KSH 1.5 billion. Which is the understatement of the century. I therefore thought it makes sense to summarize my previous audit findings of Kiambu County Kenya. for anyone who has been hiding under a rock and missed that information. I also attach a couple of media files for you. Attachment 1 shows Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 from earlier today at EACC offices. Attachment 2 shows Tatu City describe allegations against Kiambu County Kenya. and Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 In Clip 3 - you will hear me talking to Kiambu County Kenya. officials who, about the insane level of corruption in the county, and they confirm all of it is true. The last picture shows a summary of the total financial malfeasance. Over KSH 10 billion. Here is a summary: Across two consecutive years, Kiambu County Kenya. has demonstrated entrenched patterns of financial mismanagement, gross inefficiencies, and outright theft. The Auditor-General issued an adverse audit opinion in 2022-2023 due to unreliable financial statements, missing documentation, unsupported expenditures, and fraudulent activities. Audit findings are summarized under the following categories: (1) Missing or Potentially Stolen Funds – Funds lost due to irregular payments, unexplained variances, and unauthorized transactions. (2) Wasted or Inefficiently Used Funds – Funds allocated but not effectively used, often tied to poor project implementation, overspending on salaries, or stalled developments. (3) Unaccounted or Unsupported Funds – Funds disbursed without audit-proof documentation, rendering verification impossible. 1. Missing or Potentially Stolen Funds Across both years, Kiambu County was unable to explain or document billions of shillings, raising red flags of potential embezzlement and systemic fraud. Key Issues & Figures (1) Unexplained Transfers to Government Units >>>Kshs.615.2 million (2022/2023): County claimed transfers to other agencies, but the entries lacked documentation or logical basis. (2) Voided IFMIS Transactions (2023/2024) >>>Kshs.921 million in canceled payments had no justification or authorization from Treasury, suggesting manipulation. (3) Payroll and Retirement Fraud (Both Years) >>>Kshs.102.7 million in unexplained/artificial salary arrears (2022/2023), including 20 employees paid over Kshs.500,000 each. >>>96 employees retained after retirement age (2023/2024). >>>Kshs.243.9 million lost to irregular promotions and acting appointments. (4) Fake Agricultural Inputs (2022/2023) >>>Kshs.27.85 million paid for fertilizer and chicks that were never delivered. (5) Bank Account Variances (Both Years) >>>Kshs.383 million in unreconciled bank balances (2022/2023). >>>Kshs.118 million (2023/2024) in unexplained differences between cashbooks and actual bank statements. (6) Outstanding Imprests (Cash advances) Kshs.25.8 million (2023/2024) in unreturned advances—some held since before 2022. Total Missing or Potentially Stolen Funds: Kshs.2.44 billion 2. Wasted or Inefficiently Used Funds Instead of using public funds for service delivery, Kiambu County wasted massive sums on inflated salaries, stalled projects, and poor budgeting. Key Issues & Figures (1) Excessive Spending on Salaries (Both Years) >>>In 2022/2023, 61% of total budget went to compensation—far above the legal 35% limit. Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 and Kiambu County Kenya. spent 61% of revenue on 1% of the county population, its politicians, friends, and staff. >>>In 2023/2024, the wage bill hit Kshs.6.29 billion, while services crumbled. (2) Minimal Development Allocation (2022/2023) >>>Only 11% of the Kshs.17 billion budget went to development. (3) Underfunding and Underspending (2023/2024) >>>County received Kshs.11.95 billion, short of its Kshs.15.99 billion budget. >>>Kshs.4.04 billion underfunded and Kshs.108 million underspent, affecting operations. (4) Stalled Projects Despite Payments (2022/2023) >>>Bibirioni Hospital: 70% complete after 5 years on a 2-year contract. >>>Tigoni Hospital: Delayed by 10 months. >>>Lari Sub-District Hospital: Only 56% complete despite 79% payment. >>>Ruiru Hospital and Gitaru Market: Contractor absenteeism and shoddy work. (5) Surveillance System (2023/2024) >>>Kshs.18 million paid upfront, no deliverables. (6) Avoidable Legal Costs (2023/2024) >>>Kshs.69.8 million lost due to delayed court order compliance. Total Wasted or Inefficiently Used Funds: Kshs.6.12 billion 3. Unaccounted or Unsupported Funds A chronic issue across both years—Kiambu County could not provide supporting documents for billions in expenditure. Key Issues & Figures (1) Unsupported Asset Acquisition (2022/2023) >>>County claimed to acquire Kshs.764.8 million in assets, but register supports only Kshs.331 million, leaving a Kshs.433.9 million variance. (2) Unsupported Pending Bills (2022/2023) >>>Kshs.166.9 million in unexplained “pending bills”. Kshs.748.9 million worth of unpaid bills from 2017/18 still on the books. (3) Undocumented Allowances and Travel (2022/2023) >>>Kshs.114.1 million in domestic travel and Kshs.12.7 million for KICOSCA Games paid without documentation. >>>Additional Kshs.3.26 million for “rapid results initiative” lacked support. (4) Legal Services Without Procurement (Both Years) >>>Kshs.7.36 million (2022/2023) and Kshs.67.5 million (2023/2024) paid without contracts or engagement details. Total Unaccounted or Unsupported Funds: Kshs.2.69 billion Now, to the citizens of Kiambu. You deserve better. You deserve a Governor that understands that the sole purpose of a county government is to serve you. Not politicians, their friends, and criminal associates. You deserve smart leaders who will not spend 61% of the entire county budget on county politicians and staff, who are less than 1% of the county population. When a Governor oversees a county that spends 61% of the county revenue on 1% of the population, the damage that this does in incalculable. It means you won't get a functioning hospital. Or roads. Or social services. You deserve a governor that will not use the trust bestowed on him or herself to shake down investors, such as Tatu City who have chosen Kiambu over other counties. When investors like Tatu City are unable to invest - the loser is you, the citizen who needs a job, an opportunity to do honest business with the government, and you who needs infrastructure. What the announcement by the EACC does not tell you, is the amount of unnecessary pain and suffering, and injustice that is meted out by corrupt officials on citizens. There is a generation of Kenyans today who will not achieve their dreams - because Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 prioritizes his greed and desire to be a billionaire over everyone else. Millions of young people lost to alcoholism and other vices - because they cannot find employment, or other economic opportunities. The time to end this pathetic marathon of thieves in government such as H.E. Waititu BabaYao Hon. William Kabogo Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 is coming in 2027. That will be your opportunity to choose to stay in the mud or move forward. What will you do? Eric Latiff Mizani254 Abdi EACC Kiambu County Kenya. Senate of Kenya National Assembly KE Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Dr. Miguna Miguna Kikao Tatu City SokoAnalyst
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