A week later, the school office had a printer borrowed from Musa's shop. The new board sat around a small table. Amina wanted the first report to be easy to read: total fees, salaries, rent, repayment, and equipment costs. She did not want many numbers hiding their sources.
The printer produced a report with one line that had no reference. Musa studied it. "This payment entered during the transition."
Baraka said, "It was an invoice I entered. I knew the source but did not attach it."
Amina set the report aside. "We will not issue a report with an un-sourced line."
Saidi joined by video call. "My committee requires an audit trail before releasing the first tranche."
Baraka frowned. "If you hold everything, the classroom repair will be delayed."
"Two days to find an attachment is cheaper than a month repairing a false report," Amina said.
Musa opened the inventory reconciliation. The invoice belonged to the supplier in the loan schedule. In the dispatch log, Baraka had signed that the equipment was used by the school. In the account report, the payment came through the old company account.
"The source is here," Musa said. "But the board must agree that this invoice is an operating expense, not a transfer to the new company."
Baraka produced the supplier envelope. "The attachment was stuck because I used the old email."
Amina asked him to send it to every board member. The new system required every document to have a source, date, and receiver.
Another missing invoice was for a roof repair. Baraka called the technician, who confirmed the cash receipt in front of Zawadi. Musa added a witness note without changing the payment date.
Zawadi checked the salary section. The teachers' reserve sat in a separate account. Two payments had arrived under the new references, one for her.
"At last it says payroll," she said.
Amina was glad, but would not call two payments a victory. "We will publish a monthly summary, not a celebration."
Saidi asked whether the investor would receive board votes. Amina said, "No. Investor oversight will appear in reports and observation, not control for one year."
Saidi replied that the revised conditions required dual approval and a monthly summary. The committee could accept them, but the first funds would be delayed for two days.
"That is acceptable," Amina said.
"The roof repair will wait," Baraka said.
"Yes. But the report will have a source."
The board voted for two-person account access, a salary reserve, and a public summary that revealed no children's information. Each member signed the minutes. Mama Njeri, now part of the new board, asked whether she could remain temporary chair.
"Until the ordinary election," Amina said, "but every investor communication will be archived."
Mama Njeri nodded. "I was wrong to make quick peace look like truth."
Baraka took a copy of the report. "I will take the settlement plan to the lender."
"And give every invoice to Musa."
"I know."
Zawadi signed after seeing the supplier attachment. The teacher who had considered leaving took a copy and said, "Now I can explain to my wife where my salary goes."
The first report closed without an unexplained line. Every signature remained dated, every source was attached, and the board approved the report before the investor tranche. The first salary payment had entered without the new company name. The old name was back in the record, but every shilling now required two people to see it.
The report became a habit rather than a dramatic promise made during a crisis. The board signed the report after the attachment and entered the tranche date. # End of Chapter
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