Auditor warns counties may be losing billions due to poor systems

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu after holding a consultative meeting with the Nyeri County Assembly Public Accounts Committee. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Nyanza counties could lose billions of shillings through wastage and misappropriation because they lack effective internal control systems, a recent report has shown.

According to Auditor General Nancy Gathungu's 2022/2023 report, Siaya, Kisumu, Kisii, Migori and Homa Bay counties did not have audit committees and frameworks in place to control expenditure.