Githae proposes regular Ministries' audit
Finance minister Njeru Githae. The government has proposed regular audit of Ministries to expose those that do not utilise funds meant for development July 25, 2012. FILE
By JOHN NJAGI jnjagi@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Wednesday, July 25 2012 at 14:45
Posted Wednesday, July 25 2012 at 14:45
The government has proposed regular audit of Ministries to expose those that do not utilise funds meant for development.
Finance minister Njeru Githae said it was a shame that Kenyans continued being denied development and access to essential services as most of the funds are returned to the Treasury every year in unused votes.
“We will conduct audits on the supplementary budgets every two months and those Ministries that would not have utilised the money, will have it taken away and given to Ministries that are more efficient,” he said.
He said it was a constitutional requirement that funds allocated to Ministries are spent efficiently saying the waste in government cannot be allowed to continue.
He was speaking at a meeting of accounting officers from various Ministries and departments chaired by Prime Minister Raila Odinga to find solutions to the problem of low implementation capacity in government Thursday.
Mr Odinga said there was need to revise the procurement laws, saying most were tedious as they were imposed by development partners to help curb pilferage of donor funds.
He said there was improved accountability in government, which was not as a result of the donor conditions.
“Kenya has made strides in terms of increased accountability but it is not as a result of stringent procurement rules imposed by donors at the height of corruption in the country. Some of the rules should be changed,” he said.
In the last financial year, funds borrowed from donors that largely go to developmental needs scored poorly on utilization at 40 percent as money allocated for recurrent expenditure that goes to paying salaries scored 95 pe
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