Kitui Water Board marred by corruption ghost
Kitui Water and Sanitisation Company(Kitwasco) has fired two revenue workers over theft of Sh6 million in alteration of water bills.
According to a report tabled before Kitui County Assembly’s Labour and Social Welfare Committee on Monday, Kitwasco boss Geoffrey Kiita said an audit report carried out between July 2016 to December 2017 revealed the fraud orchestrated by the two revenue officers.
“The officers who were the sole administrators of the billing system, would credit customer bills but revenue collected was not reflected in the bank,” he said.
David Musyoka and Esther Syombua allegedly altered customer bills in the company billing system they were managing, thus denying the company revenue.
Kiita disclosed that the company’s board decided to conduct a forensic audit to the revenue collections to ascertain any financial impropriety.
“Following a successful audit, the two revenue officers were found culpable for the loss of Sh6,294,09. These monies were unaccounted for. The duo was unable to conceal the money trail that indicated them of malpractice,” revealed Kiita.
However, the Md told the committee that his life is in danger after receiving death threats from Symbua’s husband John Mwalwa Mutua after her acrimonious exit from the company.
