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House team MP on the spot over missing Sh1.9m
Posted Thursday, February 18 2010 at 21:47
An MP embezzled Sh1.9 million when he was a civil servant, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee was told on Thursday.
Tharaka MP Alex Mwiru is said to have embezzled the money together with a clerk in his office while he served as the District Lands Adjudication Officer in Nakuru, Lands permanent secretary Dorothy Angote told the committee.
Mr Mwiru is now a member of the Public Accounts Committee.
Ms Angote said the MP used to make Sh44,724 a month as a civil servant but, within 20 months, the ministry found out that Sh1.9 million had been embezzled in the Nakuru District office.
He and the clerk “jointly and severally” took the money but when plans were made to attach their salaries, Mr Mwiru handed in his resignation.
The PAC is the supreme watchdog committee of Executive spending.
The committee heard that the PS sought to have Mr Mwiru prosecuted in the courts, but Attorney General Amos Wako entered a nolle prosequi.
However, the magistrate had ruled that the MP could be re-arrested and charged for the same offence.
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Submitted by wuonloPosted February 19, 2010 04:15 PM
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Submitted by Isaya Baraza
What is the procedure of handling an MP when he is involved in corrupt deals? I suggest he/she be suspended from the House and paid half pay pending investigations. No allowances to him/her.
Posted February 19, 2010 02:29 PM -
Submitted by Aggrey69
Public Accounts Committee is a Committee which requires people with integrity, so if found guilty he ought to vacate the seat. Or if he is patriotic then step down till investigations are concluded.
Posted February 19, 2010 10:15 AM -
Submitted by karangia
He should be prosecuted according to the law. If convicted, he must pay back, pay penalties ten times what he stole and serve time in jail. This is the only way to discourage these thieves. Jail time must be made mandatory for all convicted of theft of public funds. Protect the innocent by the guilty must pay back and serve jail time
Posted February 19, 2010 06:09 AM -
Submitted by veritas
Mr President and Prime Minister, there is something you both agree on, that is, Attorney General Wako is past his due date. Indeed, sanctions were not instituted against him in vain. True we are a sovereign country and do not play to any Western tune, but please help us working Kenyans. Thank you.
Posted February 19, 2010 02:35 AM
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I totally concur with Baraza´s view on this issue.Half salary pending investitagations and if found guilty losses the pending half salary plus jail.Untill unless we are transparent,kenya as a country will just fail.They say,a country is people but if they are thiefs.... what then?Colapse of a nation,period!