As many as 50 project managers, junior and senior staff accused of involvement have been suspended while investigators look into the cases, Kenyatta said at a briefing in the capital, Nairobi, today.

Internal auditors in the Finance Ministry uncovered financial irregularities related to a national education program to enroll students, build schools and improve the quality of teaching and another project to boost incomes in Western Kenya.

Kenya ranks 147 out of 180 nations on Transparency International’s 2008 corruption perception index, according to an annual survey conducted by the Berlin-based watchdog and posted on its Web site.

By Sarah McGregor
Bloomberg
September 23, 2009

FAIR USE NOTICE: This page contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. “RESPONDANET” distributes this material without profit to those who are interested in visiting our website or have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C ß 107. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.