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Government bleeds millions to maintain empty houses abroad

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu during media Stakeholders breakfast and launch of Kiswahili Audit report on  May 18, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard].

The Auditor-General has raised queries over a house in New York owned by the State that has not been occupied for a decade, but which continues to be serviced.

A new audit report questions the government’s maintenance of properties abroad meant for officials working in foreign countries, despite little to no use of such property.

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