Cabinet orders probe into alleged KSh 6.2 billion payroll fraud

Tonight, we begin with a major government corruption scandal. The Cabinet has ordered an immediate criminal investigation after an audit uncovered an alleged KSh 6.2 billion payroll fraud across government institutions. During its Tuesday sitting chaired by President William Ruto, the Cabinet directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to launch immediate investigations into all ministries, state departments and agencies implicated in the audit findings. The Cabinet further ordered that all individuals found culpable be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.