Kenyan authorities on Monday arrested the head of the National Youth Service (NYS), Richard Ndubai, over the theft of 9 billion Shillings ($99 million).Ndubai was arrested alongside 20 other suspects over the loss of the funds at NYS that has increasingly embarrassed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration.

The officials were arrested following a directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Noordin Haji, who on Monday confirmed receiving files on 10 companies and more than 40 individuals named in the ongoing NYS scandal.

The funds were lost through fictitious invoices, and multiple payments on one supplier invoice, at the NYS.

The suspects face charges that include forgery, money laundering, abuse of office, obtaining by false pretence and fraud at NYS whose sole mandate is to offer vocational training to the youth and young people in Kenya.