Nancy Gathungu has been sworn in as the country's new Auditor General in the presence of Chief Justice David Maraga at the Supreme Court. Gathungu takes over from Edward Ouko who retired in August 2019. While taking the oath of office on Friday afternoon, Gathungu said her priority will be to clear the audit backlog as soon as possible while adhering to the Health Ministry's protocols on Covid-19. "Owing to the gap that existed between the expiry of Ouko and her recruitment, there has been a backlog of audit reports spanning a period of 11 months," she said. The Auditor General said she will be to put up mechanisms to clear backlog so that entities may hold their annual general meetings and donors can also get feedback on spending of the projects they support.

Source: The Star July 17, 2020 09:44 UTC