Former youth leaders from Nyamira county have been asked to account for Sh 250,000 from the Youth Account that were mysteriously withdrawn without authorization of the group's treasurer, Kevin Orina.
Speaking at Mosobeti market on Wednesday during a sensitization exercise on Youth and Leadership, President Justus Maeche who was elected recently accused former leaders of corruption and threatened to file a legal suit against them.
He said most Non-Governmental organizations have threatened to withdraw their support since the former leaders could not account for the aforementioned figure.
“It has been difficult for us to start working ever since we took over since our financiers have threatened to withdraw their support since some Sh 250,000 could not be accounted for. Former leaders must return the money or as the new leaders, we will file a legal suit,” he said.
He criticized former Treasurer, Kelvin Orina of conspiring with other leaders to withdraw the money irregularly besides accusing former President, John Momanyi of blocking their attempts to meet the incoming team.
“The former team led by the President and his Treasurer have been working hard to block the truth. They failed to hold a meeting since handling over and we suspect they were behind the fraud,” he added.
However, Orina who spoke on phone defended himself from the accusations besides saying the money was used during a meeting that was held late last year in Nairobi during a youth conference.
“As youths we move around the country to learn and subsequently educate our fellow youths. We never embezzled the money but we used it for catering for expenses in two weeks period at Nairobi," he said.