Office of the Auditor-General (Kenya)

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The Office of the Auditor-General of Kenya is an Independent Office established under the Constitution of Kenya to audit Government Bodies and report on their management of allocated funds.

Roles

The Auditor-General's roles under the Kenyan constitution are :

• 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:

• 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.

Auditor-General

The current Auditor-General is Mr. Edward R.O Ouko

External links

• [1] 'Official Site'