Nairobi — Kenyan authorities have arrested the head of the National Youth Service (NYS) as part of an investigation of a theft of almost $100m, media reports said on Monday. Also on Monday, Kenya’s chief prosecutor said prosecution would begin immediately of all the suspects named in an investigation by the director of criminal investigation, although those names have not been made public yet. Privately owned Citizen Television and K24 TV reported that the youth agency official, Richard Ndubai, had been arrested, along with an unspecified number of officials. Kenyan media have said 10-billion shillings ($99m) had been stolen through fictitious invoices and multiple payments on one supplier invoice at the NYS. Reuters could not contact Ndubai, who is in custody, for comment, and was unable to immediately contact his lawyer for comment. Despite President Uhuru Kenyatta’s pledges to stamp out graft when he was first elected in 2013, critics say he has been slow to pursue top officials....
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