“Si hii ni Krimino?” How a fraudulent system was created to syphon nurses’ money

Fraud has established itself in Kenya and it seems not to be leaving anytime soon! We have witnessed money being stolen from National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) by some officials. As if it was not enough, they have gone ahead to hurt nurses.

A fraudulent account created in the Integrated Financial Management System (Ifmis) has been used to divert millions of shillings from the Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) members’ deductions by counties and the Ministry of Health.

The union, in a suit filed in court, says the account fraudulently created by officials of three county governments, is being used to divert the monthly deductions with remittances from at least 16 counties so far having been diverted to the bank account domiciled at Ecobank.

Seth Panyako

Knun has alerted the Directorate of Criminal of Investigations (DCI), which has commenced investigations.

The union, however, says its bid to get a progress report from the DCI has been unsuccessful.

“There exists an improper, unlawful and unconstitutional bank account in the 1st respondent’s (Ecobank) bank… at Eldoret Branch which was frequently introduced into the Integrated Financial Management System… and unconstitutionally received subscriptions so deducted from the wages of the members of the claimant from 16 county governments and the Ministry of Health,” says Knun secretary-general Seth Panyako.

Mr Panyako claims in the documents filed in court that the account was fraudulently entered into the Ifmis system by officials from Uasin Gishu, Narok and Nyandarua counties.

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