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Crisis: Audit uncovers deep funding, staffing woes in public hospitals
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 26, 2025

Shortages of equipment are widespread. Many Level 4 hospitals fall far short of having the five incubators and five cots required in newborn units, co...

Ketraco owes landowners Sh4 billion in unpaid wayleave compensation -Audit
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 25, 2025

The audit shows that the total claims for these seven projects amounted to Sh17,021,117,748, of which Sh12,986,155,691 had been disbursed.

Audit exposes Sh19.5 billion land ownership gaps in public universities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 24, 2025

One striking example is a mysterious farmer controlling around 2,000 acres of Egerton University land for maize farming, with “the beneficial owner no...

Audit exposes Sh601 million mismanagement in political parties
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 24, 2025

The report shows that Sh275.9 million of the funds involved unsupported balances across 16 parties, while Sh325.9 million was linked to cash managemen...

Auditor General flags Sh475 million climate summit grant signed four months after event
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 22, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu said the government failed to demonstrate how the delayed funds were applied, warning that the money may have been dive...

Mounting debt could halt vital services at KNH, MTRH and KUTRRH - Nancy Gathungu
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 18, 2025

The report warns that the financial strain could affect hospital operations if suppliers decide to withhold deliveries of essential items.

Fraud drains Kenya’s pension and health insurance funds, citizens left struggling
DW News  |  Sep 17, 2025

Kenya's pension and health insurance systems were meant to bring people dignity in old age. But fraud, delays and broken promises have left retirees a...

Nairobi County wage bill skyrockets to Sh17.3 billion following mass hiring under Sakaja
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 17, 2025

The increase was particularly sharp in the financial year ending June 2023, when staff levels rose to 13,355, more than double the previous year, and...

Counties flagged for wasting billions on external lawyers despite having fully staffed legal teams
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 15, 2025

According to the Auditor General, Sh6.2 billion of this is owed to just four advocates in Nairobi County, representing 29 per cent of the total debt.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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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