Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu's woes deepened on Friday after a Senate watchdog committee invited EACC to investigate procurement irregularities at the county. On Friday, the Senate County Public Accounts and Investments Committee invited the anti-graft agency after an audit report revealed systematic violation of the procurement laws and processes in the Ngilu- led administration. Appearing before the watchdog committee, Ngilu was hard pressed to explain why her administration violated procurement laws and processes in the award of more than Sh150 million contracts. According to 2017-18 audit report the expenditures of the Kitui county executive by former Auditor General Edward Ouko, the County violated laws and process in the award of the tenders. At this time, I am inviting the EACC to look deeply into this issue of procurement," committee chairman Sam Ongeri (Kisii) said.

Source: The Star July 03, 2020 15:00 UTC