The Decentralized Funds Accounts Committee has commended the Kisumu Central Constituency Development Fund Account Manager and his team for a job well done, having resolved all Audit Queries well within stipulated timelines.
Chaired by Mwingi Central MP Hon. (Dr.) Gideon Mulyungi, the Committee pointed out that the Constituency is the first one since the inception of its Audit processes to have no single unresolved issue.
“This is the first constituency that we have had here with no unresolved audit queries. You have done well as a team, and it’s laudable that all matters have been resolved within stipulated timelines.” Said Hon. Mulyungi to the team led by Naphtally Ochuma; the current Account Manager.
The MPs also convened meetings with Kisumu East and Kisumu West Constituency Fund Account Managers today, to scrutinize the reports by the Office of the Auditor General of the two Constituencies for Financial Years 2013/2014 up until 2022/2023.
Among the Audit issues flagged in Kisumu East Constituency included: Reallocation of emergency funds to undertake repairs, unsupported retention money, unsupported fuel expenditure,irregular purchases of classroom desks, among others.
The team from Kisumu West Constituency led by the current Fund Account Manager Kipngetich Lang’at was taken to task to explain the reported irregular payment of Kshs. 3M for an incomplete construction of an administration block in Onyiengo Pri. School in 2022.
According to the Auditors, the total cost of the project was paid to the contractor at inception, despite the construction lacking finishings like doors, windows, tiles, ceiling, and electrical work at the time of Audit.
By Anthony Solly
