Luanda MP Dick Maungu Oyugi of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

📋 Breaking It Down

Six more national schools’ heads and accounting officers are expected to face a parliamentary committee on Tuesday next week to answer various audit queries raised by the Auditor-General covering four financial years from 2021/2022 to 2024/2025.

Principals and accounting officers of Moi Forces Academy, Precious Blood Riruta, Nyeri High School, Thika High School, Our Lady of Mt Carmel Maryhill Girls and Kahuhia Girls will face the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education from next week.

Awaiting the schools before the committee are questions ranging from extra levies charged to parents, school borrowing, payments to the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA), procurement, textbook distribution, variance in the actual number of students registered by the school and those whose details are in NEMIS, and weaknesses in financial controls.

📌 What You Need to Know

The details of the schools’ audit queries are contained in the Nancy Gathungu reports for the four financial years that are currently being examined by the Luanda MP Dick Maungu-chaired committee.

For Nyeri High School, the question on the payment of Sh542,700 to KESSHA awaits the school before the lawmakers.

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The Auditor-General, in her report, has described the association as a private welfare organisation that draws its membership from school principals and is not subject to the PFM Act 2012 or any other public finance regulations.

“The organisation is not defined in Government Funding and there is no assurance that it has implemented effective, efficient, and transparent financial management and internal control systems to manage the funds transferred by schools,” reads the audit report.

“In the circumstances, value for money transferred to KESSHA amounting to Sh542,700 could not be confirmed,” Ms Gathungu says in her report before the committee.

📰 Source: Nation Africa