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Auditor-General Edward Ouko says that the Department of Immigration has failed to account for Sh1.4 billion that may have been lost between 2013 and 2015.
In a report, Ouko says that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received visa stickers valued at Sh2.7 billion from the Department of Immigration during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 financial years.
The Ministry then issued 39,900 blank passports worth Sh202 million to five consulate missions and 13,872 printed passports valued at Sh65 million to foreign missions and embassies.
Ouko explains that total revenue collected excluding certificate of good conduct, ID cards and others of Sh2.9 billion differs with the Sh1.5 recorded in the financial statements. Ouko says the Immigration Department to date has failed to account for the loss of Sh1.4 billion.
Ouko also notes that the Immigration Department issued blank passports worth Sh133 million to Kenyan embassies in Washington DC, London, Berlin, and Pretoria but they were not captured in the Counter Receipt Book Registers.
“The existence of these passports could not be confirmed as a result of failure by the missions to produce them for physical audit verification,” read part of the report.
“In view of the foregoing, together with explanation submitted by State Department of Immigration that visa stickers and passports are not included in Public Finance Regulations as accountable documents, it is not possible to confirm that their use is lawful and effective as required in Article 229 (6) of the Constitution.”
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Corruption has grown so widespread and sophisticated in Kenya that it threatens to undermine the very fabric of society. Almost nothing gets done unless a palm is greased. It's has become incurable bleeding wound. A bribe to the right person will enable one to pass an exam, get a driver’s license, land a contract, or win a lawsuit. Corruption has becomes more acceptable and it is finally a way of life. People have come to feel that they have no option but to bribe. Corruption is like a heavy pollution that weighs on people’s spirits. As the scale of this corruption has increased, the consequences have become catastrophic. Inevitably, the ones who suffer most from corruption and the economic devastation it spawns are the poor—the ones who are rarely in a position to bribe anyone.
Dr. Koni Hanene, why don't you return back to Kenya and maybe President Uhuru could appoint you to lead anti-corruption commission? Kenya needs people like you if it hopes to eradicate corruption. The Mpigs in parliament are only there to enrich themselves
This piecemeal exposure of the mismanagement scandals is causing paralysis to the Wanjiku. What is going on is mind boggling yawa!. Has every ministry, department, unit, office been afflicted by this bug? Are there copycats scandals in our institutions? is there a euphoria to steal more before your are caught with a triviality like a false mileage claim?are they stealing more to cover their tracks?Are there no layers of safety before thieves can reach the safe? What comes to mind is MJ's "I said you wanna be startin' somethin'...
You got to be startin' somethin'...."
It's too high to get over (this corruption impunity)
Too low to get under (and smoke this thugs)
You're stuck in the middle (complaining and worried)
And the pain is thunder (no development, high cost of living, loans to pay)-parenthesis are mine.
I applied mine 8 months ago and up to now its not yet and they don't pick up their phones
I applied mine 8 months ago and up to now its not yet and they don't pick up their phones
I liken Kenya’s corruption to the gangs in Central America. Most Central American government sat and watched as gangs grew, and now the gangs rule the governments. The GOK sat and watched corruption flourish, now there isn’t much that can be done.....it has spread like cancer. Those affected have to die and have Kenya born afresh.
Corruption as usual. Everyone involved in those crimes should be in jail.