Richard Ekai during the vetting by the National Assembly Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee at County Hall, Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]Former Sports Principal Secretary Richard Ekai is on the spot, again, over alleged misuse of public funds running into millions of shillings. In a report tabled by the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, MPs want Mr Ekai (pictured) surcharged for incurring Sh42 million expenditure without lawful authority. The accounting officer submitted that it was true that the statements of receipts and payments reflect Sh1,828,427,199 as transfer to other Government units. The accounting officer admitted that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database records reflected total employee compensation of Sh1.5 billion while the trial balance reflected Sh1.4 billion.

Source: Standard Digital November 15, 2018 21:00 UTC