Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu drops a bombshell on the Kenya Kwanza administration, exposing a staggering Sh10.85 billion unexplained price variation in the flagship 60,000-seater Talanta Sports City project, with procurement laws flouted and the Attorney-General deliberately left in the dark.
The same Auditor General’s report flagged a wider pattern of fee violations and governance failures across multiple top schools in Kenya, including Loreto Kiambu Girls High, Shimo la Tewa, Thika High School, and several others.
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu’s latest report for the financial year ending June 2024 has laid bare a system riddled with loopholes that passengers are systematically exploiting to travel without paying
A damning audit report has laid bare the extent of financial mismanagement and systematic failures that have plagued Kenya’s textbook distribution system, revealing how over half a billion shillings may have been lost through poor planning, irregular deliveries, and outright negligence within the Ministry of Education. The special audit conducted by Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu paints […]
Kenya’s taxpayers are footing the bill for a stalled irrigation project while a Chinese firm cashes in on delays. In a damning audit, the government paid Sh214.8 million in “idle time” and another Sh70 million in interest—all to Sino Hydro Company Limited, the contractor behind the Lower Nzoia Irrigation Project. As communities wait for promised […]
Shadowy firms have pocketed over Ksh 1.45 billion through Kenya’s eCitizen platform, sparking concerns about their grip on government revenue collection. Pesaflow, a private company authorized to collect payments for government services, bills the state between Ksh 100 million and Ksh 200 million monthly. This amounts to an estimated Ksh 2.4 billion annually. Yet, details […]
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