NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's president ordered all state procurement personnel on Friday to undergo lie-detector tests as part of measures to tackle graft after dozens of officials and business people were detained for alleged theft of public funds.
On Monday, 54 people - including the public service ministry's principal secretary - were named to face charges related to the stealing of nearly $100 million at the National Youth Service (NYS), a state agency that trains young people to work on projects ranging from construction to traffic control.
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