This archive report was first published on 23 June 2020.
Published on June 23, 2020, a date that marks the beginning of a scandal that would shake the Kenya School of Law to its core.
At the center of the scandal are six top officials, led by Chief Executive Officer Professor Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi, who allegedly engaged in a Sh198 million fraud scheme.
The scheme, which was uncovered through an investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), involved the officials colluding to have the money paid out to companies owned by some of the employees, in an elaborate scheme that would show on record that they delivered goods.
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji, the officials, including a senior Director of Finance and Administration Amos Kabue Mwangi, Finance Manager Frank kackson Were, accountants Ephraim Thuku, Hudson Amwai Lwigado, and Achiro Nobert Gondi, will face charges alongside proprietors of companies that benefited from the scam.
“I am therefore satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to support charges under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act,” Haji said in a statement.
The investigation, which had been ongoing since May 2019, revealed that the fraud was perpetrated by the bank signatories to the Kenya School of Law accounts who were senior employees at the institution’s Finance Department.
