{"id":381462,"date":"2017-12-09T09:16:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T09:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=381462"},"modified":"2017-12-09T09:16:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T09:16:22","slug":"kenyan-police-shoe-purchase-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/kenyan-police-shoe-purchase-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan police in shoe purchase scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kenya’s ministry in charge of policing may have lost at least $1.7m (\u00a31.3m) following irregularities in the purchase of officers’ shoes, an official audit has found.<\/p>\n
The report described a “pathetic and unpleasant situation” with some officers wearing worn-out shoes and others buying their own footwear.<\/p>\n
It found that the cost of items had been inflated and receipts falsified.<\/p>\n
The audit also found that the bill for 4,420 motorcycles had been inflated.<\/p>\n
The ministry’s records show there was a plan to buy 26,500 pairs of shoes but the payment vouchers show money was paid for 78,000 pairs.<\/p>\n
The report says that ministry officials defended the payments by saying that the extra shoes were for police trainees and another police unit.<\/p>\n
Auditor General Edward Ouko said the audit had discovered forged documents and that a physical inspection found some police officers had “opted to buy shoes from various vendors, contrary to dress regulations for police officers”.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kenya’s ministry in charge of policing may have lost at least $1.7m (\u00a31.3m) following irregularities in the purchase of officers’ shoes, an official audit has found. The report described a “pathetic and unpleasant situation” with some officers wearing worn-out shoes and others buying their own footwear. It found that the cost of items had been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":381467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[172,592],"yoast_head":"\n