The Office of The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has ordered the arrest of 12 people, six of whom are senior employees at Kenya School of Law (KSL) staff over allegations of irregular payments of Ksh. 198 Million.
The business entities said to have received the money are; Ademwa Enterprises, Ngoya Cosmetics, Frigoya Investments, Alfranc Investments, Firmline Company and Deskench Investments.
The six KSL staffs are the Deputy Director/CEO, Kenya School of Law Professor Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi, an Assistant Director of Finance and Administration Amos Kabue Mwangi, Finance Manager Frank Were, accountants Ephraim Thuku, Hudson Amwai Lwigado an Achiro Nobert Gondi assistant accountant also a proprietor of Firmline Company–one of the beneficiary firms.
They will face charges alongside Paul Lovi Andenga (proprietor of Ademwa Enterprises), Fridah Ngoya Wanda of Ngoya Cosmetics and Frigoya Investments, Alfred Murange Lwigado of Alfrane Investments as well as Dennis Sam Achiro and Kenneth Ochieng–both directors of Deskench Investments.
“The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) commenced investigations into allegations of fraud at the Kenya School of Law in relation to the fraudulent payment of Ksh 198,441,030.00/= to six companies associates with employees of Kenya School of Law for goods and serviced not supplied.”
“This, therefore, means that they were fraudulently paid the said monies.”
The business entities are Ademwa Enterprises, Ngoya Cosmetics, Frigoya Investments, Alfranc Investments, Firmline Company, and Deskench Investments”.
The DPP said that the fraud was orchestrated by the bank signatories to the Kenya School of Law accounts who were senior employees at the Finance department who would sign for different entities to be paid in cheque endorsement register and the effect payments.
