$1.6m lost in Kenya police shoes scam, audit shows
A Kenya police officer keep vigilance at School of Combat Engineering off Isiolo - Marsabit highway during a security meeting. Kenya's Interior Department might have lost atleast Ksh175.9 million ($1.6m) while police officers had to buy shoes for themselves or were stuck with old ones in a situation described by the Auditor-General as “pathetic and unpleasant”. PHOTO FILE | NATION
Kenya's Auditor-General has unearthed irregularities in the procurement of shoes for the police, with purchases beyond the approved amount and falsification of some documents.
The Interior Department might have lost atleast Ksh175.9 million ($1.6m) while police officers had to buy shoes for themselves or were stuck with old ones in a situation described by the Auditor-General as “pathetic and unpleasant”.
