Edward Ouko: State agency inflated price of maize imports
Audit report indicates State agency inflated price of maize imports from Sh31.3b to Sh34.8b without explanation for variance.
Auditor General: Conflicting figures on pending bills to affect payments
Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka Suppliers and contractors hired by county governments risk losing billions of shillings after Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo and Auditor General Edward Ouko failed to ascertain the number of pending bills accumulated by devolved units. While Odhiambo puts counties debts at Sh108 billion, the office of the Auditor General indicates in its […]
Devolution ministry on spot over Sh3.4b relief funds
The Ministry of Devolution is on the spot over a Sh3.4 billion expenditure it cannot account for. Auditor General Edward Ouko raised concerns over how the State department for Special Programmes under the Ministry spent the money meant for emergency food relief and refugees’ assistance. Of the Sh3.4 billion, Sh3.3 billion was allocated to emergency […]
MPs pick audit firm to probe Auditor General Edward Ouko term
Mercy Mwai @PeopleDailyKe Parliament is planning to spend Sh41.2 million to audit the office of Auditor General Edward Ouko whose term comes to an end next month, having served an eight-year non-renewable term. Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has procured the services of PKF Kenya as the external auditor who will audit Ouko for four financial […]
Senate Public Accounts Committee summon Ouko, CoB over bills
Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka Senate Public Accounts Committee has called for a consultative meeting with the Controller of Budget (CoB) and Auditor General over discrepancies in pending bills accumulated by the 47 county governments. The offices of the auditor and CoB have been releasing reports with conflicting figures of the pending bills. In the 2017/18 county government’s […]
Senators wants contractors who supplied air to counties prosecuted
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has called for a consultative meeting with the Controller of Budget (CoB) and Auditor-General to discuss discrepancies in pending bills accumulated by the 47 county governments. The Auditor-General and CoB have been releasing reports with conflicting figures of the pending bills accrued by the devolved units. In the 2017/18 county […]