This archive report was first published on 7 August 2020.
On August 7, 2020, the Senate directed the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget to conduct a forensic audit on the use of Sh5 billion released to counties to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a letter from Jeremiah Nyegenye, the clerk of the Senate, the audit should cover the period from March 13, when the first Covid-19 case in Kenya was recorded, to July 31.
The Senate wants the Auditor-General to review and establish whether county governments had approved work plans, procurement plans, and training plans in place specific to Covid-19 activities.
President Uhuru Kenyatta had directed in May that all 47 counties share Sh5 billion in additional conditional grants from the national government to set up least 300-bed isolation centres and increase county governments' healthcare capacity to cope with the pandemic.
