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