A new storm is brewing at the National Youth Service (NYS) over two officers interdicted over alleged irregular procurement who are still in office.
Further, questions have been raised over unprocedural hiring of parallel legal, ICT and auditing consultants who have been brought on board at the NYS headquarters as policy advisors.
Two other retired officers one based at Gilgil NYS College and another in NYS head office in registry section are yet quit office despite attaining the mandatory retirement age.
According to investigations by The Informer, Peter Muritu and Timothy Ndekere, both charged alongside other three members of the Technical Evaluation Committee for failing to undertake a technical evaluation for the supply of training materials worth Sh47.6million are yet to quit office.
Muritu and Ndekere are currently attending a senior management course at Kenya School of Government in Maombasa that commenced in the beginning of this month and ending on 26 May 2017.
“Timothy Ndekere and Peter Muritu were taken to court in October 2016 but action towards their interdiction is yet to be taken which is against the regulations,” A senior officer at NYS said.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko their prosecution alongside former NYS Senior Deputy Director General Adan Harakhe and former chairman of the Ministerial Tender Committee Hassan Noor Hassan.
Hassan was charged alongside eight members of the Ministerial Tender Committee for authorising the use of restricted tendering above the stipulated threshold.
On the other hand, Muritu and Ndekere were charged alongside Dr S Mutunga, Muritu, F M Karanja, Timothy Ndekere and Regina Mungai are also to be charged for failing to undertake a technical evaluation. The award was made in favour of Blue Star Enterprises.
Commandant of Gilgil NYS College Isaac Ndirangu, Philip Tanui and Albert Too have been retained in office despite having officially been retired from the service.
