A team investigating the loss of Sh1.18 billion in the Killifi County Government has resolved to summon Central Bank of Kenya officials for questioning.
The move aims at shedding light on how the money was transferred from the county's kitty to the bank accounts of five private companies, through the Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS) without it being hacked.
In a media briefing on Wednesday in Malindi, Kilifi Speaker Jimmy Kahindi, who also chairs the oversight committee probing the scandal, confirmed that his team is set to summon CBK managers to explain how the transactions were made.
“We started our investigations with 10 suspects in Kilifi County whose passwords were used to transfer the money to bank accounts of five companies in Nairobi,” he said.
“We will delve into it and the suspects outside the county,” added the speaker, as quoted by the Nation.
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi has since suspended 10 senior county officials who have been linked to the scandal.