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Nairobi — The Ministry of Education lost some Sh318 million meant for free primary education from 2005 to 2009 through dubious imprests and outright fraud, a government audit report says.

Initially, Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta said the Internal Audit Department (IAD) had determined that Sh8.4 billion did not meet the forensic audit test, but the figure has since been scaled down after the Education ministry provided documentation for Sh3.5 billion.

The IAD revelations have prompted the international development groups that were funding the Free Primary Education Programme to call for prosecution of those responsible.