TSK! TSK! Kajiado County Blows 2.5 Million On Phones

And they keep telling us that there is no money to pay teachers…

But apparently there is money to fritter away on wheelbarrows, hospital curtains, opening Facebook pages and even ‘opening’ transformers.

The wanton waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned in this country has become alarming .Kajiado county has joined the list of shame for blowing Sh2.5 million on 24 mobile phones for chief officers and executive committee members.

According to Nairobi News, the Governor David Nkedianye was put on the spot by the Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee to explain why he approved of the transaction that squandered such a huge amount of money.

With the senator asking why so much money was spent on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smart phones while they could have bought cheaper ones that would have cost the county 30,000.

 David Nkedianye Photo Credits: sustainable-livestock.ilri.org

“Where is value for money when such an amount is used on gadgets that could have cost much less? You don’t just spend without getting value for money.” Kajiado Senator Peter Mositet declared.

In addition, the governor was arraigned before the Anyang’ Nyong’o headed committee for spending 12 million Kshs on private lawyers for legal services without following protocol.

Finding himself in quite the pickle, the governor told the committee the only one who could explain all this was the procurement officer.