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The petitioner, Laban Omusundi of the Grassroots Civilian Oversight Initiative, decried the widespread branding of county-funded projects and vehicles...
President William Ruto urged parents to insist on paying fees digitally, hailing schools that have adopted the platform as champions of accountability...
According to the Auditor General’s report, of the Sh22.96 billion allocated to the Hustler Fund in the 2022/2023 budget, only Sh12 billion was spent.
The Auditor General’s report has exposed major gaps in the management of the fund, showing the State Department for Cooperatives only spent Sh12 billi...
Reports by the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget reveal that the payments were made without proper documentation or oversight, raising seri...
Kenya’s rollout of the system comes amid growing pressure for better public scrutiny of national debt, with many questioning the high cost of loans an...
According to the report, the six boreholes were not only drilled and equipped but had already consumed Sh19.3 million in payments despite their water...
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu disclosed that the tax arrears stem from income tax payments made in 1996 and 1997, despite NSSF’s exemption from payin...
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu told MPs that there was no proof the borrowers were untraceable or incapable of repayment, raising concerns about trans...
KNBS also incurred an additional Sh5.4 million in rent and rates expenses during the same period, up from Sh3.2 million in the previous financial year...
The House committee grilled hospital officials on issues including obsolete stock disposal, high receivables, and a significant budget over-expenditur...
The hospital's CEO Dr Philip Kirwa faced questions over how the expired medicine was included in the Sh356 million stock balance reported in MTRH’s Ju...
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, represented by Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo, said maintaining an itemised budget for the Auditor General wa...
Gathungu said the absence of legal sanctions has allowed audit recommendations to be routinely ignored, weakening accountability and slowing progress...
In her audit for the 2023/2024 financial year, Gathungu disclosed that the department paid Sh499,320 for each MacBook laptop and Sh460,000 for each iP...
Gathungu expressed concern over the government’s repeated failure to fully utilise development funds, warning that the trend poses a threat to the del...
Committee chairperson Gideon Mulyungi expressed deep concern over the pattern of poor accountability, saying the committee will no longer tolerate man...
The Auditor General pointed out that this shortfall stems from tax evasion, poor enforcement, and inaccurate forecasting.
According to her, the impact is felt across multiple government levels, with delayed spending leading to rushed and inefficient project implementation...
According to Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu, only Sh13.4 billion of the approximately Sh60 billion accrued to the fund over 13 years has been released...
The MPs argue that the hospital, intended to provide specialised healthcare for officers and their families, should not be left to waste while the gov...
MPs have accused the ministry of approving huge sums for boreholes, irrigation works, and sanitation facilities that either do not exist or remain inc...
This move is part of its effort to recover over Sh460 million lost through fraudulent employment.
The Sh21 billion Kibwezi-Mtomo-Kitui-Migwani road project, which is being implemented by KeNHA and financed by Exim Bank, attracted Sh614.2 million in...
Unsupported balances from previous financial years amounting to Sh145.8 million were highlighted, with no explanation provided for why the funds were...
Gathungu says the government has already paid Sh7.8 billion for these projects, some of which are now accruing penalties due to delayed payment of cer...
These delays leave thousands of Kenyans, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), squatters, and families living in extreme poverty, in a state...
The audit has painted a troubling picture of poor planning, lax oversight, and disregard for public funds, with stalled and delayed projects affecting...
A report by the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee has detailed how contracts worth hundreds of millions of shillings were awarded withou...
