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From boda boda sheds to fences, the crazy things MPs spent our money on

Auditor General Edward Ouko

In what could turn out to be classic cases of outright theft of millions of public funds, the Auditor General has exposed hundreds of ways Kenyans lose money to non-existent or abandoned projects at the constituency level.

An audit report on the use of constituency funds has revealed shocking details of how completed projects that cost the taxpayer millions in shillings have never been used, are unoccupied and prone to vandalism.

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