One of the Parastatal’s chief has been suspended by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission CEO Twalib Mbarak for forging his ID.
Tana and Athi River Development Authority MD Steven Githaiga will henceforth earn half his salary as investigations are concluded.
According to a statement by the EACC dated September 7, Githaiga falsified his date of birth from 1953 to 1958 to continue being in employment past his retirement age.
Githaiga will earn half his salary as investigations are concluded.
In March Mr Githaiga was sued for lacking integrity, falsifying his date of birth through acquiring of two different national identity cards and misappropriating misappropriated public funds in excess of Sh 645 million.
The matter was contained in a suit filed by the Union of Kenya Civil Servants under petition number 173 of questioning the constitutional and legal validity of handpicking and appointing Mr Githaiga as Tarda managing director.
In the suit it was noted that in his national identity card number 1901968, his names appear as Steven Maina Githaiga, with the date of birth remaining as October 20, 1958. To the contrary, the original national identity card number 1901968 issued on November 11, 1992, the date of birth is indicated as 1953 and not 1958.
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The Union of Kenya Civil Servants indicates that an audit at TARDA done by the Kenya National Audit Office in June 2014 revealed that Mr Githaiga changed his name from that recorded at the National Registration Bureau to a different name and changed his date of birth from 1953 to 1958 thereby cheating on his age by five years.
