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Kenya gets second chance to block public scrutiny of security spending

NAIROBI: The Government will take its fight to keep national security agencies’ expenditure from the prying eyes of the Auditor General’s Office to the Senate.

Auditor General Edward Ouko will also be moving to the Senate to do away with a punitive Sh10 million fine and five-year jail term for his staff for information leaks, and to protect the independence of his office when it comes to auditing the whole Government.

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