Kenya: Newspaper reports corruption in Energy Ministry.

Goods worth millions of shillings have been irregularly acquired by the Ministry of Energy, the Nation can reveal today.

The money spent on cars, laptop computers, carpets and other items - most of which the ministry did not need - has deprived other crucial sections of funding and almost forced some departments to grind to a halt.

One deputy secretary, Mr Nicholas Kanyiri, was transferred allegedly for questioning why carpets and furniture the ministry did not need had been ordered and then charged to a project development account.

In an attempt to stop the ministry's development fund coffers from being completely drained, …