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Pensioners' agony as crooks mint millions
Integrity Centre in Nairobi where the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission offices are located. Photo/FILE
Posted Monday, April 13 2009 at 20:30
The money is in respect of cheques dispatched to various institutions for payment of pensioners “but they have neither been presented to the bank for payment nor returned to the department”. “The department has not made any effort to contact the institutions to establish the status of the said cheques even though they are known to them,” the report said.
There are times when lack of adequate verification in calculating pension arrears opens an opportunity for payroll officers to pay exaggerated pension arrears in collusion with pensioners. The commission proposes that PSs ensure employees are informed of their retirement a year in advance to give time for processing pensions.
The department’s budget, which stood at Sh23 billion during the 2007/2008 financial year, rose to Sh26 billion this financial period. The report, completed in February last year, said the department processes about 2,000 files for new pensioners monthly.
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Submitted by HassCanadaPosted April 14, 2009 09:07 PM
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Submitted by DujisDemocrat
Mr. obonyo whom are trying to fool. The problems identified by the graft watchdog is "corruption" and no computer system in these world can solve such a problem.Either you are technology ignorant or you are deliberately trying to mislead people the same tactics immigration ministry does.
Posted April 14, 2009 02:33 PM -
Submitted by karabu
In this era, pensioners should be forced to open a bank account and money should only be transferred from bank to bank. Why write cheques which can easily be diverted. You write a check in the name of XYZ and all corrupt staff have to do is to create an account named XYZ in any bank and then collect the money. The new info system should ensure an audit trail captures whoever changes a pensioners bank details.
Posted April 14, 2009 10:51 AM -
Submitted by patdisel
The Anti-corruption commission cannot keep on unearthing cases of theft and fraud in institutions but yet the people responsible are not being prosecuted. How are they supposed to deter unscrupulous officials and employees from future theft is nothing is being done about it??
Posted April 14, 2009 08:26 AM
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hahahaha.. What will Kibaki or Raila do? set up a bogus croonie commission; take 15 yrs to go nowhere; spend billions to fix nothing; claim all the glory.. Get the OLD COLONIAL prepared leaders OUT - Vote for no one over 65. What garbage..