There has been an interesting finding interms of information about county contracts.This is following a survey by the commission on Administrative justice.
The chair lady of the commission Ms Florence Kajuju has revealed after the survey that benefits envisioned in the access to information Act that was enacted in 2016 which was an actualisation of the article 35 of the constitution are yet to be fully realised.
“Only a paltry nine per cent of county governments had fully disclosed information on their contracts, 55 per cent partially disclosed while 36 per cent had not disclosed. Whereas most of the websites had information on tender advertisements, they did not avail further details of the tenders awarded, contractors, contract sums and timeframes for execution,” the report states.
“Makueni and Nandi county governments, however, had provided detailed and readily accessible procurement information,” it adds.
CAJ opines that there is a 48 per cent level of non-compliance with the requirements of proactive disclosure.
“County governments are the worst performers in disclosing information to the public,” says the CAJ document.
The commission recommends immediate publication of financial statements and other documentation “including information on salaries”.
Do you think the counties will comply with the reports recommendations?