[Collins Kweyu, Standard]Parliament yesterday took the Ministry of Defence and National Treasury to task over missing Sh2 billion linked to a grant from the African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom). “We have accounted for all the funds we received from Amisom to the National Treasury,” said Defence Principal Secretary Ibrahim Mohamed. “The initial budget of the financial year ending 2019 was Sh8.5 billion and later reduced to Sh6.5 billion. The basis of the reduced funds was occasioned by the reduction in the number of personnel,” argued PS Mohamed. It is at this point that the PS Defence requested to have a closed meeting without the Press.

Source: Standard Digital July 27, 2021 12:33 UTC