Auditor General Nancy Gathungu Stories
The legislation, sponsored by Garissa Senator Abdul Haji, mandates the Auditor General to carry out a County Public Service Audit every 10 years.
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...
Three major stadium projects- Kericho Green, Bukhungu, and Masinde Muliro-Kanduyi—stand out for repeated procedural breaches.
In her report, Gathungu said the expenditure lacked supporting documents and schedules, raising concerns about accountability in the use of public fun...
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...
Gathungu said the persistent underfunding has disrupted public programmes, particularly development projects, which continue to be starved of resource...
The government realised Sh2.29 trillion in ordinary revenue compared to a projected Sh2.46 trillion, leaving a deficit of 6.9 per cent.
According to Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, most contractors had already received the bulk of payments under signed contracts but abandoned the proje...
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu’s latest audit shows that Sh101 million worth of projects across 18 constituencies have yet to serve their intended com...
The audit further shows that 36 other hospitals had various idle assets, including medical equipment, motor vehicles and unserviceable property that w...
Key initiatives in energy, transport, and health were among those flagged for weak documentation, raising concerns about potential mismanagement and e...
Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor Development Authority occupies large areas, including residential apartments, office space...
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has warned that the delays in collections now risk forcing counties to divert resources from other departments to susta...
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu revealed that the continued operations of many of these universities were being sustained only through government suppo...
Gathungu said the universities did not have legal evidence to confirm ownership of the assets reflected in their financial statements.
According to the audit, the State Department for Correctional Services signed a tenancy agreement with a private service provider to lease a house for...
The money, generated from patient fees, pharmacy sales, laboratory services, outpatient visits, and inpatient care, was supposed to be deposited into...
Beyond imprests, the Auditor General noted several governance gaps that affect the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of county financial stateme...
In 18 constituencies, completed projects valued at Sh101.1 million had not been put to use, with the report describing this as wasteful expenditure an...
The audit covering 42 universities found that Sh10.96 billion of the debt is long-term, while Sh68.4 billion represents current liabilities.
The audit revealed that 86 constituencies failed to present records for Sh2.12 billion, including receipts from schools, acknowledgement forms from st...
At the Eldoret branch, officials overdrawn Sh11.8 million in 2018, yet management has provided no updates on recovering the money despite a court ruli...
In Mombasa, 16 employees were promoted without undergoing performance appraisals, while in Kisumu, some workers advanced by more than two job groups i...
Procurement plans for the financial year were submitted late or not at all by many counties, contravening Regulation 8 of the Public Procurement and A...
The counties found to have these gaps include Elgeyo Marakwet, Nakuru, Kakamega, Lamu, Kisii, Taita Taveta, Garissa, Isiolo, Bomet, Embu, Kirinyaga, N...
The audit report highlights widespread irregularities in the allocation of scholarships and bursaries, with some counties unable to provide supporting...
The Sh147 million in nugatory expenditure resulted from PCK’s failure to remit staff pension deductions on time.
249 projects worth Sh20 billion started by 33 counties have stalled and been abandoned, while 40 completed projects in 10 counties, valued at Sh366.4...
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu said her review revealed cases where payments were made without proper documentation, as well as instances where the sa...
In her findings, Auditor General Nancy Gathungu criticised counties for poor financial discipline, pointing to excessive spending, misallocation of re...
