A Kenyan fashion designer reportedly returned Sh15 million deposited to her bank account from the National Youth Service (NYS) despite having not supplied anything to the youth agency.
Ms Monica Kanari, who owns faahion firm, Occasions and Days Ltd, said she was shocked after discovering that the millions had been wired into her account on December 20th 2016. After following up with the bank, she discovered the cash had been transfered to her account from NYS’s Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) account.
She immediately wrote to the Youth Affairs Principal Secretary (PS) Lilian Omollo on December 23rd, 2016 informing her of the wrong transaction and asked for a reversal.
“I refer to the attached payment confirmation Ref FT1635557CKV and hereby confirm it has been sent to us erroneously.”
“Kindly note that I have given my bank instructions for the monies to be returned to account 1000303301. I will forward the confirmation slip once I receive it,” the designer said in an email addressed to the PS.
Speaking to the Standard, Ms Kanari asserted: “I was surprised to get money in my account, a whole Ksh15 million and when I asked my bank, they told me it had been sent from Central Bank.
“On further inquiry, I discovered it had been sent from the NYS and I felt the good thing is to ask the bank to re-wire the money back to where it came from. I even wrote to the PS about this,” she affirmed while addressing the ongoing NYS scandal.
The NIC bank reversed the money back to CBK through transmission reference number FT163585J4QTW.
“As I promised, find attached a copy of the confirmation of the swift transfer. This is to confirm that the monies sent to us erroneously of Ksh15,306,689.00 have been returned to the Central Bank account number 1000303301 on December 23, 2016.” She said in another email to the PS after the transaction was reversed.
However, last week, her company was listed among firms that received part of the Sh9 billion looted from NYS in the latest scam.
Like Kanari, another lady identified as Ann Wambere Wanjiku Ngiriti,30, reportedly admitted to receiving Sh59 million from NYS after supplying nothing.
I salute her if she returned…
I salute her if she returned the money.
I agree 100% And if she had…
I agree 100% And if she had NOT returned the Money: Some LOOOTER (who COULD have was using her Bank Account as Looting CONDUIT would have come knocking on her Door for the money. But “she was Smarter.”
So the game goes, steal…
So the game goes, steal billions, out of that dish a few millions to unsuspecting innocent individuals leading ordinary lives. Entice them for heavely sake! When the thieving goes public expose these small innocent people to the masses, keep the masses confused while you pocket the big share. This story exonerates Kabura to some extent. Kenyans, we are in deep doo-doo.
Exactly, this is a…
Exactly, this is a smokescreen to facilitate the fat cats escape with the loot.
Make Kenyans waste time praising her for declining the millions, she’ll even appear on TV and magazines as a national hero,as we fantasize her we fail to focus on the thieves.
Kenyans, let’s focus and go for the looters……
Right on! You just made my…
Right on! You just made my day. Lol!!!
ENTICING is the Perfect word…
ENTICING is the Perfect word. And this is how Patrick Lumumba (the once Anti-Corruption guru) was Way-laid. And the rest is history of him.
Kabura carried cash in…
Kabura carried cash in ngunias and also admitted doing it for Waiguru. The last scandal at NYS went cold and was eventually buried and I am not expecting miracles this time either.