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National, county governments fail to implement 79 per cent of audit recommendations - Auditor General
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 14, 2025

Gathungu expressed alarm over the continued failure by both national and county governments to act on her office’s recommendations, warning that it un...

MPs demand answers over Sh1.8 billion left unspent in Kenyan embassies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu’s report highlighted that Sh1,885,098,283 had accumulated over several years because missions failed to return unused a...

Auditor General flags governance, financial lapses at Kenya Petroleum Refineries
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

The findings, covering the period up to June 30, show multiple breaches of public service regulations and highlight serious risks to the refinery’s fi...

Audit uncovers Sh2.3 billion risk, revenue misreporting at Geothermal Development Company
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 12, 2025

The report shows the company might have to pay Sh2.3 billion in a legal dispute with another firm, a ruling already issued by a tribunal and upheld by...

Nairobi MCAs demand disclosure of Nairobi Pay server locations amid salary delays
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

The move comes amid concerns that the county’s reported Sh13.7 billion collections cannot be independently verified.

Audit uncovers Sh198 million unsupported grants, weak land controls at ADC
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

Several ADC land parcels are at risk due to ongoing disputes and encroachment. One notable case involves 175 acres claimed by another entity, which co...

How tuition fee cut is forcing universities to rethink survival strategies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

The survival plans, anchored on numbers and increased government support, are designed to ensure universities continue to operate effectively despite...

Audit exposes massive water theft, leakages in county water companies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

Nairobi City Water and Sanitation Company recorded the highest loss at Sh8.57 billion, followed by Mombasa Water and Sanitation Company at Sh1.04 bill...

How protests over Finance Bill hurt Nairobi’s daily revenue collections
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

County records show fire inspection fees plunged by 90 per cent to Sh5.3 million, while market rates fell 11.6 per cent to Sh189.37 million.

Audit reveals Sh3 billion financial irregularities in public universities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 09, 2025

The Auditor General warned that the Sh3 billion in unexplained expenditures reflects systemic governance weaknesses, pointing to a broader culture of...

Auditor General sounds alarm over mounting losses at Kenya Meat Commission
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 05, 2025

The report paints a worrying picture of a state-owned enterprise hampered by unresolved loans, disputed land assets, unpaid debts and questionable acc...

Public universities on brink of collapse as wage bills soar
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 03, 2025

An audit covering the financial year ending June 30, 2024, has revealed that most institutions are operating far beyond legal salary limits, exposing...

How civil servants are illegally drawing salaries from both counties, National Government
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 02, 2025

The audit, covering the financial years 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24, reveals widespread misuse of taxpayer money, with employees appearing on more th...

Auditor General flags Sh678 million losses at KNH from NHIF, Linda Mama contracts
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 01, 2025

In her report for the financial year ending June 2024, Gathungu said the hospital was forced to continue bearing deficits as reimbursements under both...

City Hall launches massive audit of staff academic credentials amid rising cases of certificate forgery
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 31, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has also exposed irregular hiring of more than 3,800 employees in Governor Sakaja’s administration.

Somalia’s Auditor-General accuses top courts of blocking $1 million financial audit
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 27, 2025

Speaking at a press conference in Mogadishu on Tuesday, Issa revealed that the Supreme Court, the Benadir Regional Court, and the Benadir Regional App...

MPs demand full disclosure as Kenya School of Government faces repeated audit issues
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 27, 2025

The Auditor-General flagged Sh8.8 million in unsupported general expenses for 2019 due to missing vouchers, despite KSG claiming it had submitted the...

MPs call on IEBC to curb soaring election costs by regulating legal fees
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 27, 2025

The scrutiny comes as the commission prepares to spend nearly Sh1 billion on 23 pending by-elections, covering six National Assembly seats, one Senate...

Bill proposes 10-year audits to hold governors accountable after leaving office
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 27, 2025

The legislation, sponsored by Garissa Senator Abdul Haji, mandates the Auditor General to carry out a County Public Service Audit every 10 years.

Parastatals’ unchecked borrowing fuelliing Sh2.9 billion debt, Auditor General warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 26, 2025

Authority, and Lake Victoria North Water Works Development Agency each defaulted three times on loans of Sh2.79 billion, Sh2.5 billion, and Sh4.4 bill...

Audit exposes systemic procurement failures in stadium projects
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 26, 2025

Three major stadium projects- Kericho Green, Bukhungu, and Masinde Muliro-Kanduyi—stand out for repeated procedural breaches.

Auditor General flags Sh1.3 billion in unsupported CDF spending
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

In her report, Gathungu said the expenditure lacked supporting documents and schedules, raising concerns about accountability in the use of public fun...

Sh208 billion unutilised as Kenya's development spending hits five-year low
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

In the 2023/24 financial year, the government spent Sh500.2 billion on development projects against an allocation of Sh708.8 billion, leaving Sh208.6...

Development projects hit hard as counties, ministries struggle after Treasury withholds billions in approved funds
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

Gathungu said the persistent underfunding has disrupted public programmes, particularly development projects, which continue to be starved of resource...

Auditor General flags irregular hiring of 3,800 staff by Sakaja's administration
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

The report also revealed that the county irregularly continued paying salaries to dismissed staff. Thirteen former employees received backdated salari...

Auditor General flags Sh170 billion revenue shortfall for FY 2023/2024
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 24, 2025

The government realised Sh2.29 trillion in ordinary revenue compared to a projected Sh2.46 trillion, leaving a deficit of 6.9 per cent.

11 counties under fire over Sh3 billion spent on unfinished county assembly chambers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 23, 2025

According to Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, most contractors had already received the bulk of payments under signed contracts but abandoned the proje...

Audit finds classrooms, police posts and ICT hubs lying idle despite millions spent
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 22, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu’s latest audit shows that Sh101 million worth of projects across 18 constituencies have yet to serve their intended com...

Audit reveals 80 hospitals, including KUTRRH and Mama Lucy, lack title deeds
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 22, 2025

The audit further shows that 36 other hospitals had various idle assets, including medical equipment, motor vehicles and unserviceable property that w...

Shocking audit reveals weak oversight in Kenya’s Sh2.5 billion donor-funded projects
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 19, 2025

Key initiatives in energy, transport, and health were among those flagged for weak documentation, raising concerns about potential mismanagement and e...

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