Office of the Auditor-General (Kenya)

The Office of the Auditor-General of Kenya is an Independent Office established under Article 229 of the Constitution of Kenya to audit Government Bodies and report on their management of allocated funds. ^[1] The current Auditor-General is Nancy Gathungu.

Roles

The Auditor-General's roles under the Kenyan constitution are: ^[2]

• Within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor-General shall audit and report, in respect of that financial

year, on:

• • Accounts of the national and county governments
  • Accounts of all funds and authorities of the national and county governments;
  • Accounts of all courts
  • Accounts of every commission and independent office established by the Constitution
  • the accounts of the National Assembly, the Senate and the county assemblies
  • Accounts of political parties funded from public funds;
  • The public debt
  • Accounts of any other entity that legislation requires the Auditor-General to audit.
• The Auditor-General may audit and report on the accounts of any entity that is funded from public funds.

Reports

The Auditor-General is mandated to do the following through the audit reports: ^[3]

• An audit report shall confirm whether or not public money has been applied lawfully and in an effective way.
• Audit reports shall be submitted to Parliament or the relevant county assembly
• Within three months after receiving an audit report, Parliament or the county assembly shall debate and consider the report and take appropriate action.

Auditors-General

• June 2020 - to present: Nancy Gathungu ^{[4] [5]}
• August 2019 - to June 2020: office vacant ^{[6] [7] [8]}
• August 2011 - August 2019: Mr. Edward R. O. Ouko ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. "229. Auditor-General - Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC)".
2. "Role of the Office of the Auditor General in Kenya". AfroCave. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
3. "Mandate". Archived from the original on 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
4. "New Auditor General Nancy Gathungu Says Her Net-worth Is Ksh30 Million". KahawaTungu. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
5. Kenya, dhahabu (2020-06-23). "Profile of the incoming Auditor General Nancy Gathungu". Dhahabu. Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
6. "17 shortlisted for Auditor General - The Standard".
7. "Absence of auditor general holds state owned firms end years results".
8. https://www.publicservice.go.ke/images/advertised/2019/october/AUDITOR_GENERAL_SHROTLISTED_GAA.pdf ^{[ dead link ]}
9. "Mr. Ouko's Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
10. "Auditor General Ouko has faced many battles in his daily work". 27 August 2019.

External links

• Official website