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Court dismisses Nakuru hospital funds misuse case.
The High Court in Nakuru has thrown out a public interest case that accused officials at Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital of financial mismanagement. Justice Joseph Sergon ruled that petitioner Margaret Njeri Muraya failed to back up her claims with evidence.
Muraya had alleged that Nakuru County's Health Services chief officer, the hospital's medical superintendent and a National Bank of Kenya manager were colluding to divert public funds, acting as sole signatories on hospital revenue accounts. She described the arrangement as turning the hospital into "a cash cow and personal fiefdom" and asked the court to remove the two officials and bar the bank from its signatory role.
The respondents said all collections were deposited into an authorised Facility Improvement Fund Account supervised by the County Treasury, with monthly statements and quarterly reports submitted for oversight. The bank said its role was a standard banker-customer relationship under Central Bank of Kenya guidelines.
The ruling
Justice Sergon found hospital operations passed through multiple layers of county approval and said the petitioner had not discharged her burden of proof. "The petitioner's petition is found to be without merit. The same is dismissed," he ruled, with each side bearing its own costs.
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The High Court in Nakuru has thrown out a public interest case that accused officials at Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital of financial mismanagement. Justice Joseph Sergon ruled that petitioner Margaret Njeri Muraya failed to back up her claims with evidence.
Muraya had alleged that Nakuru County’s Health Services chief officer, the hospital’s medical superintendent and a National Bank of Kenya manager were colluding to divert public funds, acting as sole signatories on hospital revenue accounts. She described the arrangement as turning the hospital into “a cash cow and personal fiefdom” and asked the court to remove the two officials and bar the bank from its signatory role.
The respondents said all collections were deposited into an authorised Facility Improvement Fund Account supervised by the County Treasury, with monthly statements and quarterly reports submitted for oversight. The bank said its role was a standard banker-customer relationship under Central Bank of Kenya guidelines.
The ruling
Justice Sergon found hospital operations passed through multiple layers of county approval and said the petitioner had not discharged her burden of proof. “The petitioner’s petition is found to be without merit. The same is dismissed,” he ruled, with each side bearing its own costs.
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