Office of the Auditor-General (Kenya)
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The Office of the Auditor-General of Kenya is an Independent Office established under the Constitution of Kenya to audit Government Bodies and report on their management of allocated funds.
Roles
The Auditor-General's roles under the Kenyan constitution are :[1]
- Within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor-General shall audit and report, in respect of that financial
year, on:
- Accounts of the national and county governments
- Accounts of all funds and authorities of the national and county governments;
- Accounts of all courts
- Accounts of every commission and independent office established by the Constitution
- the accounts of the National Assembly, the Senate and the county assemblies
- Accounts of political parties funded from public funds;
- The public debt
- Accounts of any other entity that legislation requires the Auditor-General to audit.
- The Auditor-General may audit and report on the accounts of any entity that is funded from public funds.
Reports
The Auditor-General is mandated to do the following through the audit reports:[2]
- An audit report shall confirm whether or not public money has been applied lawfully and in an effective way.
- Audit reports shall be submitted to Parliament or the relevant county assembly
- Within three months after receiving an audit report, Parliament or the county assembly shall debate and consider the report and take
appropriate action.
Auditor-General
The current Auditor-General is Mr. Edward R.O Ouko[3]
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