A
report by Auditor General reveals that sixty employees of the defunct municipal
who had been suspended from employment some for even more than five years were
reinstated in February 2013.
Some
of them had served jail term for work related offenses. There was no inventory
of specific number of employees from the defunct councils to be inherited by
the County Government produced for audit verification.
The
handing over report had a figure of 2,555 employees while the February payroll
had 2,566 and the employee validation report 2,558. It was noted that the
County Government was employing new staff before carrying out job evaluation
and assessment of human resource need of the county Government to support
future rationalization.
The
Auditor recommended that the irregularity of hiring suspended employees should
be further investigated to assess whether there are grounds to bring charges to
culpable officers in relation to various offences including abuse of office.
The
following irregularities were observed during the audit :
Purchases
of paints amounting Kshs.1,462,551.00 via PV No. 0262 was not supported with
documentary evidence including delivery note, invoice and signed GRN.
Imprest
held in the office of Kshs.3,000,000 was above the recommended Kshs.700,000 by
Public Financial Management Act. There were outstanding I Owe You (IOU’s) of
Kshs.5,091,347 as at the time of the audit in contravention of financial regulations
and procedures in place and payments of Kshs.1,145,165, Kshs.1,172,885 and
Kshs.1,166,861 made to Matatu welfare in the months of July, August and
September 2013 were not supported with documentary evidence. Also unsupported
are amounts of Kshs.7,996,693 in respect of motor vehicle running expenses
(fuel, tyres, and repairs).
The
Governor hired a chopper at Kshs.738,715 for the Nandi Visit which could not be
justified. Amounts totaling Kshs.33,000,000 paid to private lawyers without
county Government authority in the months of March 2013 could not be justified.
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