The Eight constituencies that cannot account for about Sh1 billion CDF allocation

Auditor General Edward Ouko is at the neck of eight constituencies demanding to know how money allocated to them from the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) were spent.

In Samburu North constituency, Samburu County, financial statements indicate that education bursaries amounting to Sh48.2million were disbursed against a budget of Sh58.2million, but there was no documentation to support that expenditure.

In Mwala constituency, Machakos County, projects worth Sh271.7 million had stalled or had not been implemented, at least during the period under review.

The auditor has also questioned the variations between budgeted and actual expenditures on the compensation of employees and other government expenditures.

In Ndaragwa constituency, Nyandarua County, Sh2.7 million said to have been disbursed to the Gwa Kungu and Nyakinyua water projects for the construction of water tanks and piping cannot be accounted for.

Physical verification of the projects revealed that no water tanks were built. Instead, new pipes were connected to the old water tanks.

The situation is no different in Mumias West constituency, Kakamega County, where the implementation of many projects has been delayed.

In Mandera East (Mandera County), about Sh223.7 million cannot be accounted for due to the variance between cash book balance and statements of assets balance, irregular procurement for secondary school projects, flouting of procurement laws and unaccounted for bursary expenses.

In Dagoretti South constituency (Nairobi County), the audit revealed that Sh156 million was supposed to be spent, but overall actual expenditure amounted to Sh68.7million, resulting in under-expenditure of Sh87.2million.

In Bondo constituency (Siaya County), the audit noted the unauthorised reallocation of bursary funds of Sh20 million, including Sh4.9 million reallocated by the project management committee to three secondary schools.

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