Environment Cabinet Secretary KeriakoTobiko has exposed Ksh2 Billion funds reported missing within his ministry.
According to Tobiko, the money was meant to fund a project president Uhuru Kenyatta launched to train children in public schools on tree planting.
The CS reported the missing funds to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), indicating names of possible suspects in connection with the disappearance of the funds.
According to the report submitted by the CS, there are powerful cartels who are behindillegal logging that is facilitated by corrupt officials within the Kenya Forest Service (KFS).
According to a report published in the Daily Nation, CS Tobiko's report may have been prepared in conjunction with a forestry task force mandated by Deputy President William Ruto.
The task force has discredited a statement made by former Forestry Principal Secretary Richard Lesiyampe, terming the green schools project a success.
There is need for thorough investigations since this programme has been allocated huge sums of money with minimal impact," the task force recommended.
The task force chaired by Green Belt Movement Chair Marion Wakanyi Kamau flagged the project after a report submitted by ministry officials quoted 205 schools as having been covered with over 100,000 trees at the cost of Ksh2 Billion.