Office of the Auditor-General (Kenya) explained

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

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

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

• 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 229. Auditor-General - Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC).
2. Web site: 2018-06-08 . Role of the Office of the Auditor General in Kenya . 2022-07-24 . AfroCave . en-GB.
3. Web site: Mandate . 2013-01-03 . 2012-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121206051103/http://www.kenao.go.ke/index.php/about-us/mandate . dead .
4. Web site: 2020-07-16. New Auditor General Nancy Gathungu Says Her Net-worth Is Ksh30 Million. 2021-09-14. KahawaTungu. en-US.
5. Web site: Kenya. dhahabu. 2020-06-23. Profile of the incoming Auditor General Nancy Gathungu. 2021-09-14. Dhahabu. en-US.
6. Web site: 17 shortlisted for Auditor General - The Standard.
7. Web site: Absence of auditor general holds state owned firms end years results.
8. https://www.publicservice.go.ke/images/advertised/2019/october/AUDITOR_GENERAL_SHROTLISTED_GAA.pdf
9. Web site: Mr. Ouko's Profile . 2013-01-03 . 2012-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121208024742/http://www.kenao.go.ke/index.php/about-us/mr-oukos-profile . dead .
10. Web site: Auditor General Ouko has faced many battles in his daily work. 27 August 2019.