The National Assembly has decided enough is enough. State agencies have been in a spree of minting of mwananchi funds.
In a new move to make graft a high risk venture in the country, the National Assembly has named the most notorious ministries and state agencies who feast on Public funds.
The legislators want Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and Director of Criminal Investigations to commence investigation on all the accounting officers who foresaw the loss of money in their ministries.
Among the ministries they have indicted and want investigated include, Health, Education, Interior, Public Service, Devolution, Defense and Agriculture.
In a report for the financial year 2015/16 that was tabled in the National Assembly yesterday, the powerful Public Accounts Committee chaired by Opiyo Wandayi wants those responsible to be held personally liable for any loss of money.
“If the holder of a public office, including a political office, directs or approves the use of public funds contrary to law or instructions, the person is liable for any loss arising from that use and shall make good the loss, whether the person remains the holder of the office or not,’’ read the report.