Nairobi — Officers from the government's anti-corruption body have raided the homes of suspended employees of the ministry of Education, ostensibly to collect information relating to the misuse of funds meant for free learning.

The early morning raid targeted some of the 18, who were suspended over allegations they had been involved in the stealing of an estimated Sh103million, which was unearthed by auditors in September last year.

KACC public relations officer Nicholas Simani confirmed the commission's officers had raided the homes of "quite a number" of the suspended civil servants in Nairobi but declined to give an exact figure.

"I can only say there are more than 10," he said.

One of those who received a team from the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission Tuesday morning was the Director of Secondary Education Concilia Ondiek.

The suspended senior official at the Education ministry is also the wife of former Ugenya MP Bishop Stephen Ondiek and she said they were in bed when the officers, accompanied by two armed policemen, stormed in at about 6.30 a.m.

Mrs Ondiek has protested her innocence over the stolen funds and accused the government of carrying out a public relations exercise over the investigations.

She alleged that those who were suspended were from the wrong department and the action from the investigators is a cover-up for those who had walked away with the cash meant for free learning.

Mr Simani however said KACC "knows exactly what it is doing."

"We have a strategic way of doing our work and I assure you we are doing it without undue influence. This is part of ongoing investigations and our officers are moving at top speed," he said.