Speaking in Nanyuki, Laikipia County on Wednesday, during a stakeholders’ engagement, Gathungu said failure to pay for services and supplies was affecting businesses that depend on county contracts.
By Maureen KinyanjuiAuditor-General Nancy Gathungu has said the expenditure is irregular because Kessha is a welfare body whose members are school principals. In her view, subscriptions to the association should be paid by the principals themselves from their salaries rather than from funds held by public schools.
By Maureen KinyanjuiAt the centre of the probe was the corporation’s failure to remit Pay As You Earn (PAYE) deductions despite recovering the money from staff salaries.
By David Bogonko Nyokang'iMembers of the committee, including Igembe Central MP Daniel Kiili Karitho, Kilome MP Thaddeus Nzambia, Sotik MP Julius Sigei, and Lunga Lunga MP Chiforomodo Mangale Munga, raised concern over failure to comply with ethnic balance requirements in staffing, delays in release of scholarship funds, and lack of insurance for institutional assets.
By Maureen KinyanjuiSpeaking on Radio Generation on Wednesday, he confirmed that governors who ignored parliamentary summonses have been fined Sh500,000, with some, including the governors of Nairobi and Samburu, facing active arrest warrants.
By David Abonyo