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Sh1 trillion - Shocking numbers in the plunder of a nation

Taxpayers queue at the Kenya Revenue Authority office in Nyeri to beat deadline for returns. Auditor-General's reports reveal loss of massive public funds over the years. [File, Standard]

For more than five years, the Auditor General Edward Ouko has been pointing out grey areas in how taxpayer's money is spent by government agencies.

Although runaway corruption has become the norm over the past few years, the Sunday Standard has compiled, from Ouko's report, the total amount of money suspected to have been lost to corruption over the years.

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