Senators are pushing for the establishment of a parliamentary audit office (PAO) to enhance the effectiveness of their oversight role and curb the runaway corruption in national and county governments. The lawmakers say Kenyans are losing billions of shillings to corruption that often goes undetected because of their inability to comb through and understand the complex loads of audit documents. As such, they want the Parliamentary Service Commission to create PAO akin to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) that analyses, breaks down and advises members on complex fiscal matters. They want the office to be composed of technical personnel on disciplines related to audit and finance who can break down complex audit report and make sense out of them and help in drafting of reports with implementable recommendations. It will plug into the book of accounts of any county and come out with results,” Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jr said.

Source: The Star March 08, 2021 15:56 UTC