This archive report was first published on 30 October 2019.
Published on October 30, 2019, a Senate committee on education has recommended that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission or Directorate of Criminal Investigation arrest those involved in graft at Kiambu Technical College.
The board of trustees, comprising Allan Ngugi, Kimani Mathu, Jean Muhoho, Patterson Kamaara, Joseph Thairu, and Judy Kariuki, allegedly used assets belonging to Kist and acquired Sh158 million from a bank in 2014, which they used for their own personal investments.
The trustees are the custodians of the 192-acre Kist land, and a bank is now the custodian of the land title used as collateral. Kist pays Sh10.9 million per term to the bank, but it is alleged that the money did not reach Kist, and the trustees cannot account for it.
The assets under the trustees' management that have left out Kist's board of governors, chaired by Josiah Kiariu, include 51 staff houses that are being rented out. Non-staff pay a three-bedroomed house rented at Sh32,000, while a two-bedroomed house goes for Sh25,000. Staff members in a three-bedroomed house pay Sh18,000, up from the original Sh9,000. The trustees earn Sh832,000 per month from these rentals.
The trustees have refused to return part of the land to the BOG, leading to Kist losing Sh2 billion from the German Development Cooperation.
