“The committee noted that since the inception of devolution and for five successive financial years—2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18—the county executive of Lamu received disclaimers of audit opinions. “The committee noted that wrong method of procurement was used to identify the provider of legal fees. “The committee observed that there was a breach of procurement law and procedures which may have resulted to loss of public funds,” the committee noted. The county was also indicted for failure to explain expenditure of Sh15.35 million on purchase of specialised plant, equipment and machinery. “The committee recommends that the county governor and CEC finance should observe strict adherence to the law.”Edited by Sarah Kanyara

Source: The Star February 18, 2021 19:00 UTC