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House of cards: MPs fail to account for Sh4.1 billion bursary money

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu at Bunge Towers in Nairobi. [File, Standard] 

The controversial National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) is on the spot yet again after Auditor General Nancy Gathungu released a report detailing how Sh4.1 billion meant for bursaries cannot be accounted for.

Gathungu, in her latest report for the 2023/2024 financial year, details how Sh4.1 billion under NG-CDF cannot be accounted for, amid a sustained onslaught by the broad-based government of President William Ruto, backed by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, to have the kitty yanked from the control of MPs. Raila has consistently demanded that the NG-CDF be placed in the hands of governors.

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