This archive report was first published on 30 June 2020.
Discrepancy in Machakos County's financial statement ¶
On June 30, 2020, the Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee chaired by Kisii lawmaker Sam Ongeri put Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua to task to explain a Sh1.3 billion discrepancy in his government's financial statement for the year ending June 2018.
The committee was unhappy that the Sh1.3 billion was not captured in the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), and they wanted the county chief to explain why he spent money outside the IFMIS system.
Dr. Mutua responded by saying that discrepancies between his county's audited statement and IFMIS records were because payments are only recorded by IFMIS after the system has transmitted the transaction to Internet Banking. He said financial statements capture records of the actual payments.
"It is worth noting that the audited financial statements were prepared based on actual payments made through CBK as at June 30, 2018," said Mutua.
The committee gave Mutua seven days to reconcile the financial statements and file the report.
Former Auditor General Edward Ouko had previously noted that the Ministry of Tourism, as well as that of Sports and Culture, made a payment of Sh13.5 million to Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on December 21, 2017, in support for Cecafa games between December 3-17.
However, Mutua said in his written response that the county government, through the Special Programmes Department of Tourism, Sports and Culture, facilitated the payment of Sh13.5 million to suppliers.
