KARIBU: President Uhuru Kenyatta is entertained by students of Eldoro Girls’ High School when he officially opened the Taveta Deputy County Commissioner’s office in Taita Taveta, yesterday. Photo/PSCU
THE Auditor-General has cast doubt on whether Sh337.9 billion was spent lawfully and effectively during the 2012/2013 financial year.
The audit, to be used to share next year's resources between the National and County governments, was tabled in the National Assembly yesterday.
According to the report, the amount in doubt is 42 per cent of the total money spent for development and recurrent expenditures, Sh802.2 billion.
Of the 343 statements audited, only 41 were given a clean bill of health by the Auditor-General.
In total, the country spent Sh1.114 trillion, which is 90 per cent of the estimated expenditure of Sh1.239 trillion, a 21 per cent increase from the 2011/2012 financial year.
The report shows that Sh611 billion (55 per cent) was spent on recurrent expenditure, Sh190 billion (17 per cent) on development, while Sh312 billion (28 per cent) was spent on Consolidated Fund services.
Auditor-General Edward Ouko says in the report, "This office is in the process of restructuring and seeking financing to be able to undertake continuous audit throughout the financial year".
Ministries and departments failed to support expenditure totaling Sh33.9 billion.
Those with the highest unsupported expenditure are Information and Communication (Sh6.7 billion), National Police Service (Sh5.9 billion), Gender (Sh4.3 billion), and Higher Education (Sh4 billion).
"In the absence of the records and documentation, the propriety of expenditure of Sh33,922,820,718 could not be ascertained and therefore these public funds may not have been utilised lawfully and in an effective manner," the report says.
Ouko also reports that four departments spent excess funds amounting to Sh38.4 million without parliamentary approval.
The Witness Protection Agency and the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution spent Sh9.5 million extra as recurrent expenditure, while the Judiciary and Public Service Commission spent Sh28.8 million extra for development.
The report also shows that by the end of the financial year, a number of ministries and departments had pending bills of Sh43.6 billion.
"Had the bills been settled during the period, and the expenditure charged to the accounts for 2012/2013, sixteen additional ministries and departments would have recorded excess expenditure," the report says.
The audit also shows that, as in previous years, government is not managing imprests effectively, with un-surrendered advances amounting to Sh663 million.
Revenue collection for 2012/2013 was Sh813.2 billion, an increase of seven per cent over the previous year.
Of this collection, only Sh11.2 billion was fairly recorded.
Ouko said that with no proper records it was impossible to confirm that the revenue collection was accurately reported.
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