Former devolution minister Anne Waiguru ordered that an events company be paid Sh44 million for organising a function that did not take place, MPs investigating corruption at the Youth Fund heard Thursday.
A director at the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Mr Clement Ayungo, told the Public Investments Committee that the board chairman, Mr Bruce Odhiambo, told him that Ms Waiguru had instructed him to ensure payments were made to Saverin Holdings Ltd although a rebranding event it was supposed to organise had been cancelled.
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