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Author:\u00a0KENNEDY GACHUHI<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Nakuru officials involved in the procurement and distribution of Covid-19 relief supplies are set to appear before ward representatives to provide details on how Sh279 million emergency fund was spent.<\/p>\n

Ann Njenga, the county chief officer in charge of disaster management, yesterday appeared before the Disaster Committee chaired by Naivasha East MCA Stanley Karanja.<\/p>\n

Njenga\u2019s grilling ended prematurely after she failed to answer questions on how the Covid-19 emergency response funds were spent despite her being the accounting officer in the department.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt appears we are grilling the right person but she did not have a grip on how millions of shillings were supposed to be spent under her department during the Covid-19 pandemic,\u201d said Karanja<\/p>\n

Njenga had been summoned following a petition from activists who alleged that there were irregularities in the county expenditure, especially on relief supplies.<\/p>\n

Njenga admitted that despite the Covid-19 response being under her docket, she was not fully in charge of the processes involved as other heads of the department took over some of her roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only formed the ward committees tasked with the identification of needy families and made requisition for supplies to the county government. There were many other processes that I was not in charge of,\u201d Njenga said.<\/p>\n

She could not respond to questions by the committee saying all files were at the Auditor General’s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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