Former Kenyatta University VCs Summoned Over Sh6.2bn Audit Queries

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The two former university chiefs will appear alongside Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. John Okumu to respond to issues raised in a special audit conducted by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu covering the 2018/2019 to 2020/2021 financial years.

The audit report, which also examined transactions dating back to the 2014/2015 financial year, is currently under review by the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education chaired by Luanda MP Dick Maungu.

The committee resolved to summon the former Vice Chancellors after members argued that the acting Vice Chancellor could not adequately respond to decisions and expenditures that occurred before he assumed office.

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Maungu said the officials who served as accounting officers during the period under review must personally account for the issues raised in the audit.

“The issues being tackled relate to 2014/2015 onwards, and it would be unfair to expect the current acting Vice Chancellor to answer for matters he neither handled nor has institutional memory of,” he said.

He warned that the committee would make far-reaching recommendations against individuals found responsible for any misuse of public resources.

“We have seen what appears to be massive looting of public funds and inappropriate conduct. Those responsible must be held accountable because we cannot allow public property to be misused or looted,” Maungu said.

Narok Woman Representative Rebecca Tonkei supported the move, saying the amount under investigation was too significant to proceed without hearing from the former accounting officers.

“We are dealing with over Sh6 billion. This is not petty cash. Professor Mugenda and Professor Wainaina must appear before this committee and explain where this money went,” she said.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya

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