(Photo Courtesy: Treasury Building In Nairobi)  Two senior officials at the National Treasury have been caught unlawfully pocketing Ksh39.1 million by awarding themselves fake allowances.  The money was received without legal approval and against existing rules on government payments. According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the two misused outdated and revoked circulars to claim task force, entertainment, facilitation, and extraneous allowances.  These circulars had already been replaced, meaning the payments were not allowed under the current laws. Investigations revealed that between January 2020 and June 2022, the officials received overlapping allowances without the consent of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), which is responsible for setting and approving all public officers’ payments.  The two also used fake and duplicated circulars to enrich themselves unlawfully. The High Court, led by Lady Justice Lucy Mwihaki, ruled that...