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    "content": "The other is the issue of ineligible expenses. What I did when I was given this docket was to unlock - because for two years, these programmes were suspended – the further disbursements. I made a decision that we separate between internal and external issues. We said for us to get further disbursements from development partners and even further credit, we needed to unlock. So we said we should refund and as we do so, we take action internally against those officers. We started with the ones who had stolen the funds and they were taken to court. Then there were others who had misused the funds either through over-inflating the invoices or having no regard to common sense. For those, administrative action and disciplinary action has been taken against them. There were others who were heading towards ignorance, for example, facilitation. When the credit agreement did not allow for facilitation of, say, transport, they would pay petrol which was properly used but was not covered by the credit agreement. That should have been covered by the Ministry itself. So on those ones, they have been taken through training so that they do not incur further ineligible expenses. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, so action has been taken against those who stole the money and they have been taken to court. On the project co-ordinators, action has been taken against them especially those who misused the funds, particularly those who gave fictitious lists of attendance because that can be proved. Lastly, action was not taken against Prof. Ongeri because he was not the one who actually received the imprests. It was the individual officers who received the imprests and, therefore, no action was taken against Prof. Ongeri."
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