A parliamentary committee has summoned Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua and former Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri over the Sh48.8 billion spent on maize imports two years ago.
The two are expected to shed light on the multibillion-shilling imports before the Public Accounts Committee chaired by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi on February 24.
The matter attracted the attention of the Auditor General.
In 2016-17, the ministry spent Sh11.6 billion on maize imports and another Sh37.2 billion in 2017-18.
The committee will also grill Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani on the ministry’s role in effecting the payments.
Former Agriculture CS Willy Bett, ex-PS Richard Lesiyampe and Strategic Food Reserve chairman Noah Wekesa will also appear before the committee.
Kinyua, the Committee heard, chaired the inter-ministerial committee that presided over the contentious maize importation.
“On the issue of maize imports, we shall have to bring all these people under one roof,” Wandayi said.
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro demanded full disclosure of all the millers and traders who took part in the Sh48.8 billion importation.
Initially, the ministry was to spend Sh6 billion to buy two million bags of grain. It instead spent Sh11.2 billion.
On Monday, Agriculture PS Hamadi Boga told PAC that over-expenditure was occasioned by a presidential directive communicated to the ministry through Kinyua’s letter.
“The initial budget was to procure two million bags at Sh6 billion. However, through presidential directive dated February 14, 2018, the ministry was directed to absorb all the maize offered for sale by farmers for the SFR,” Boga said.
The MPs were concerned that the letter lacked the seal and signature of the President as required for any presidential directive.
MPs Otiende Amollo (Rarieda) and TJ Kajwang’ poked holes in the letter.
Anonymous says
Massive and BLATANT CORRUPTION, IMPUNITY and RIGGING of ELECTORAL PROCESS to aid and abet these vices are the sources of VIOLENCE in KENYA!
It is very sad and revealing that these two paid HATCHET men in suits would blame those who are being BRUTALIZED for protesting CORRUPTION, IMPUNITY and ELECTIONS RIGGING AS THE SOURCES OF VIOLENCE IN KENYA!!These two paid hatchet men in suits would like intelligent Kenyans to believe that Luos are most violent tribe in Kenya!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Fhc8ocnNQ
Without corruption, impunity and elections rigging to cover them up, there would be no violence in Kenya! PERIOD!
The two greedy PROPAGANDIST men who are blaming the very marginalized Luo COMMUNITY FOR VIOLENCE IN KENYA must reveal the sources of their funding for the propaganda they are spreading!
The Luo Community are the most economically marginalized tribe in Kenya since 1963!! TO SUGGEST THAT they must stop voicing their opinions against CORRUPTION, IMPUNITY AND ELECTIONS RIGGING is tantamount to suggested that the Luos must be wiped out of Kenya to allow corruption to proceed without challenge!
The most violent people in Kenyan are those who engage in CORRUPTION, IMPUNITY AND ELECTION RIGGINGS and are willing to silence the powerless Kenyans who protest in order to TO MAINTAIN THE CORRUPTION STATUS QUO!!
For some unknown reasons, he tanga tanga team does not like BBI; why then attend BBI meeting?
The fact that these two LOW IQ propagandists are defending the treatment of Moses Kuria, the very know violent character who was either directly involved in the MURDER OF Chris Musando OR knows those who perpetrated this heinous crime in order to facilitate the rigging of 2017 presidential elections, reveals the cynicism of their utterances on this video!
Anonymous says
GREEDY AND JOBLESS PROPAGANDISTS who are PAID TO SPREAD MALICIOUS AND UNSUBSTANTIATED LIES, LIKE THESE TWO GOONS IN SUITES, ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS MEN IN A SOCIETY FILLED WITH UNINFORMED POPULATION LIKE KENYA; particularly, now when poverty and youth unemployment in Kenya is through the roof!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Fhc8ocnNQ
GREED AND WILLINGNESS TO SAY PRACTCALLY ANYTHING TO EARN MONEY WHILE HIDING BEHIND SOME WELL TAILORED SUITS, ARE VERY DANGEROUS!