Education Permanent Secretary Karega Mutahi Tuesday appeared before the Parliamentary Accounts Committee to defend himself and his Minister against allegations of embezzlement of the Free Education Funds.

Karega told the committee that the ministry had put in place measures to ensure that the money is not misappropriated.

The embattled PS further called on leaders to stop politicizing the issue saying that politics would only derail efforts made by the government to provide free education.

Pressure has been mounting on Minister Sam Ongeri and Karega to resign over the missing funds.

On Monday Prime Minister Raila Odinga maintained that the two must step aside to pave way for investigations into the financial scandal rocking the ministry.

Raila who spoke at the launch of Equity Group Foundation-Mastercard Foundation Scholarship attended by Ongeri dismissed allegations of being vindictive saying the culture of impunity must end and any officer named in corruption must take responsibility by stepping down.

He said the two top education officials would resume duty once cleared by the investigating agencies.

However, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta bravely defended his embattled colleague by calling for the end of the war of words over the missing education funds.

Uhuru said the government had reimbursed donor funds that disappeared safeguarding the Free Primary Education Programme.

He added that several officers in the ministry of education are on suspension over the Scandal.

British and U.S governments have withheld funding until the scandal in the education ministry is resolved.