This archive report was first published on 15 July 2020.
On July 15, 2020, a parliamentary committee approved President Uhuru Kenyatta's nominee for Auditor-General, paving the way for lawmakers to endorse her appointment to the office that has been vacant for nearly 10 months.
Ms. Janet Kabui Gathungu, the Auditor-General nominee, is set to take over from Edward Ouko, an accountant appointed in 2011. Her approval will hand budget oversight to women, given that Margaret Nyakang'o replaced Agnes Odhiambo as controller of budget last December.
Lawmakers, who are currently on a short recess, will hold a special sitting convened by Speaker Justin Muturi to consider the President's nominee. The National Assembly committee on Finance and National Planning will table a report recommending the appointment of Ms. Gathungu.
Ms. Gathungu, currently the Director of Quality Assurance at the Auditor-General office, will be appointed on a non-renewable eight-year term. Kenya has been without a substantive Auditor-General since Mr. Ouko retired in August last year.
According to Vice-chair of the committee and MP for Roysambu Ndirangu Waihenya, 'I will table the motion for her approval before the House tomorrow (this afternoon),'.
