The National Assembly's Public Investment Committee has uncovered Ksh1 billion in unsupported expenditure at the New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (NKPCU), a government company. The committee noted significant financial and administrative irregularities. Separately, DCI detectives arrested Maroa Sammy Maroa, a civil servant and economist with the State Department for Cabinet Affairs, for alleged forgery schemes. Maroa is accused of forging a letter to influence the police recruitment process. He was also previously accused of forging a letter to promote himself to director.