Revealed! Fight over control of budget allocation led to the resignation of PS Esther Ngero
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Fight over control of budget allocation led to the resignation of the high-ranking government official, Correctional Services PS Esther Ngero
Fight over control of budget allocation led to the resignation of the high-ranking government official, Correctional Services PS Esther Ngero.
Principal Secretary (PS) for Correctional Services Esther Ngero, the first high-ranking official in President William Ruto’s cabinet to quit, is claimed to have resigned as a result of a bitter struggle for control of the millions of shillings allotted to the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary.
Ms. Ngero served as the head of the State Department for Performance and Delivery Management in Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s office prior to her transfer to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration.
Esther Ngero was working alongside PS Aurelia Rono, who was in charge of Parliamentary Affairs.
Each government ministry has a single accounting officer, in accordance with National Treasury regulations.
In cases where there is more than one PS, the accounting officer will be the one in charge of the State Department concerned with the deliverables in the Cabinet.
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Ms. Ngero served as the accounting officer for the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary prior to being reassigned.
According to a source, a fight between Ms. Ngero and Ms. Rono over control of the cash allocated to Mr. Mudavadi’s office is said to have escalated and caused bad blood between the two high-ranking officials.
The ensuing fight was brought to the attention of President William Ruto, who resolved that Ms. Rono should be the accounting officer.
This did not go down well with Esther Ngero, who grumbled about being short-changed.
In a communication from the Chief of Staff last week, President Ruto moved Ms. Ngero to Correctional Services at the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and appointed former Kiambu County Finance Chief Officer Faith Njeri Harrison to take her place at Mr. Mudavadi’s office.
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