The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company is on the spot after revelations that it lost water valued at Sh2.48billion during the Covid-19 period.
A report by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu disclosed that the company supplied water valued at Sh2.5billion but only declared Sh16million.
The company’s management could also not provide work tickets to show how the water was supplied to the informal settlements.
According to the report, there were 22 water bowsers from the defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) which were supplying water at a cost of Sh2,500 and Sh5,000 for 8,000 and 16,000 litres truck capacity, respectively.
Governor Johnson Sakaja and the firm’s Managing Director Nahashon Muguna appeared before the Senate County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee yesterday.
The panel chaired by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi demanded to know why the sales had not been reconciled.
“From the work tickets given by the management, we did not see any truck going to any informal settlement. The work tickets were also not clear and just indicated the water was being supplied to Nairobi Metropolitan and not to a specific place like say Kibra,” an auditor noted.
Kisumu Senator Professor Tom Ojienda questioned why the company failed to keep records of the tankers used and water supplied.
Muguna responded saying the work tickets document was very bulky and that was why they failed to attach the entire record.
Governor Johnson Sakaja on the other hand said that every slum received water at least four times daily.