Youth and Gender Principal Secretary Lillian Omollo is to be charged with abuse of office for receiving and forwarding fake LPOs for the National Youth Service.
Sources have told the Star that the LPOs were later used for payment in the saga that has seen investigators arrest 47 people on
Monday.
NYS Director General Richard Ndubai is accused of preparing and forwarding
fake LPOs that were later used to pay fictitious suppliers.
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Businessman James Thuita and his wife Wanjiku Ngugi are being accused of backdating and faking LPOs.
Last week, Thuita lost a bid to block his arrest after the court rejected his application for anticipatory bail.
He and his wife are said to have received Sh115 million through their company - Firstling Supplies Limited.
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Others on the list are
Sam Michuki
who was acting Director-General at the time the fraudulent
vouchers were transacted.
Police say in his file that efforts to trace him had failed before his arrest
yesterday.
Senior NYS Deputy
Director Nicholas Ochieng was the convenor of the second verification committee that approved the payment of the fraudulent
vouchers.
Wellington Lubira is accused that, as the
Incur Expenditure
Holder
(AIE),
approved the payment
to the fraudulent
vouchers.
Clement Murage is accused of okaying the payment as the accounting officer.
Peter Muchuhi is said to have signed a number of suspect vouchers in the alleged scam.
Two internal auditors Stephen Ruringi and a Muguongo are also among of those arrests.
Also in custody is George Ouma who worked at Huduma Centre in the operations department.
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