National Museum Of Kenya Paid 105 Ghost Workers Whopping KSh 490m, EACC Unravels Details

• Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) investigations showed that the National Museum of Kenya employed 105 ghost workers between 2016 and 2022
• The ghost workers used to earn between KSh 80,000 and KSh 95,000 as gross salary plus access to loan facilities
• EACC cited senior officials whom it said the Director of Public Prosecution should charge over the loss of taxpayers' money

Nairobi - Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recommended the prosecution of top officials at the National Museum of Kenya.

In their investigations, EACC unearthed a big scandal involving KSh 490 million at the state agency where 105 ghost workers were allegedly employed.

The anti-graft agency revealed how 105 people were irregularly added to the payroll between 2016 and 2022.

How much were Ghost workers paid?

According to the EACC findings, the ghost workers were paid between KSh 88,000 and KSh 95,000 as gross salary.

Apart from that salary, the ghost workers were able to access loan facilities from a specific local bank.

According to the EACC report, after being awarded the loan, the employees would later hand over the borrowed amount to NMK officials, and for their troubles, they were given between KSh 100,00 to KSh 200,000 as a way of appreciation.

In total, the illegal activities cost the taxpayer a total of KSh 491.4 million during the period under investigation.

The EACC now wants the Director of Public Prosecutions to charge former director general of the National Museum of Kenya Mzalendo Kibunjia, Stanyas Ongalo, Human Resource Director and Acting Director General Oliver Rabuor, and Wycliffe Ongata.

EACC wants DPP to charge the named suspects with unlawful acquisition of public property, conspiracy to commit an economic crime, abuse of office, acquisition of proceeds of crime, money laundering, and financial misconduct.

KeRRA man accumulates KSh 21m in 4 months

In other news, a junior government employee attached to the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) is on the radar of the anti-graft agency over the supposedly fraudulent accumulation of wealth.

Daniel Munywoki Wambua, an accountant at the state agency, accumulated over KSh 21 million banked in three different accounts.

The anti-graft body secured orders from the court to freeze the accounts during its probe.

Munywoki is believed to have partaken in corruption malpractices such as the dissipation of public funds, conflict of interest, bribery, and abuse of office to accumulate the said wealth.

His accounts currently hold KSh 15 million, with the EACC establishing that the embattled accountant opened an account with Equity Bank through which he transacted the said monies, NTV reported.

As per the EACC in the court papers, Munywoki deposited over KSh 1.7 million in the account in under three months, above what he earns in a year.

The EACC also told the court that in June, he transferred KSh 5 million to his third account.