This archive report was first published on 30 August 2019.
Published on August 30, 2019, a Nairobi County Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) session at City Hall revealed that the county government had failed to account for more than Sh6 million raised from leasing social halls.
The committee, led by Mabatini Ward MCA Wilfred Odalo, was querying the executive concerning the Auditor General's queries on a lack of documents to support the Sh6,822,500 collected by the county government for the financial year ended June 30, 2018.
According to the Auditor General, an audit of the county's revenue for the fiscal year revealed that four social halls at Kariobangi, Dandora Phases II, III, and IV were being hired out and therefore generated revenue in the year under review.
However, there was no evidence to show that the halls had generated revenue, and if any, it was being spent at source as there were no documents to show how much was being collected, said an officer from the office of the auditor general.
Responding to the audit query, City Hall director of Youths and Sports Mr. Daniel Ngare confirmed that they had been leasing the halls and had raised the amount mentioned but denied spending it at source.
Mr. Ngare explained that the revenue realized from hiring of the halls were banked at the county's revenue accounts and at no point was the county government paid in cash by those who hired the social halls.
He added that the county government charges different rates for leasing the halls depending on their sizes and in accordance with the Finance Act.
