Audit reveals Sh57bn pending bills in counties do not qualify to be paid
Auditor-General Edward Ouko. A special audit revealed that Sh57.12 billion of pending bills in counties were not eligible for payment. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In her annual report for the 2017/18 financial year, Ms Odhiambo had indicated that the outstanding pending bills in the counties stood at Sh108.41 billion as at June 2018.
For example, in Nairobi County the total cost of the pending bills flagged by OCOB as at June 30, 2018 stood at Sh64.80 billion.
In Nakuru County, the special audit revealed that pending Bills worth Sh2.08 billion are fake and that the actual figure is Sh420 million from the Sh2.37 billion contained in the OCOB report.
The cost of pending bills in Turkana county flagged by the OCOB stood at Sh633 million.
A special audit by the Auditor-General has revealed that pending bills in the counties amounting to Sh57.12 billion are fake and therefore ineligible for payment.
The audit shows that just about Sh51.28 billion out of the general figure of Sh108.41 pending bills in counties are genuine and worth being settled.
