Deported pharmacist snatches P500,000 as MoH bungles

Friday, April 08, 2016

A Kenyan expat walked away richer from an MoH blunder

The Ministry of Health mistakenly paid a Kenyan woman, employed as a senior pharmacist, P504,276 as gratuity – instead of P47,000 – after she left the country as a prohibited immigrant in 2014.

The Auditor General’s latest report, covering the 2015 financial year, shows that the expatriate was due to be paid P47,107.80 as a gratuity when her employment ended due to being declared a prohibited immigrant.

Instead, the ministry paid her the same amount, but in US dollars, in effect giving her P504,276 or P457,168.09 more than what was due to her.

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Deported pharmacist snatches P500,000 as MoH bungles

The Ministry of Health mistakenly paid a Kenyan woman, employed as a senior pharmacist, P504,276 as gratuity – instead of P47,000 – after she left the country as a prohibited immigrant in 2014.

The projects magazine in collaboration with Stanbic bank launched the future of mining summit 2024

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Selefu

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