A tribunal of the government institutions has surcharged a former Permanent Secretary in the former President Mwai Kibaki’s administration Sh150,000 bonus he awarded himself illegally while in office.
A ruling by the State Corporations Appeal Tribunal last month found that former Permanent Secretary Eng. Carey Orege, who once served on the Board of the Coast Development Authority (CDA), was awarded Sh150,000 bonus by the board in November 2012.
In 2020, a report by the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee (PIC) flagged this and similar payments as irregular, citing the CDA’s underperformance at the time.
The Inspector-General of the State Corporations (IGC), acting on the PIC report, issued a surcharge certificate to Orege in November 2024, demanding the return of the bonus.
The Inspector-General of the State Corporations picked the recommendations and undertook investigations under the powers provided to it under section 18 of the State Corporations Act.
On November 18, 2024, the James Warui-led Inspector General’s office issued a surcharge certificate against Orege under the Certificate of Surcharge No. SUR/CDA/002/2024.
Orege appealed the surcharge at the Tribunal on the December 13, 2024.
He argued that the action violated his rights to fair administrative action, was retroactively punitive, and that he had no direct influence over the board’s decision to issue the bonus.
His legal submissions were formally lodged on April 3, 2025.
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