The Information Communication Authority (ICTA) is on the spot over an irregular expenditure of Sh123.9 million of grant funds in the Financial Year ending June 2020.
According to Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu, the money was proceeds from grants from local and foreign lenders
“The amount represents cumulative funds transfers to a special project bank account whose expenditure requires that returns be made to the National Treasury (NT),” said Gathungu.
The Auditor-General has also raised queries over an expenditure of Sh21.1 million at the National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (Nofbi) project.
The expenses includes training and capacity building expenses of Sh376,469 and Sh2,105,991 million misclassified under the East Africa Regional Transport Trade and Development Facilitation Project.
“Also queried is a further Sh958,220 spent as a daily and subsistence allowance claim,” she said.
The Auditor also revealed that the management did not explain why the officers had not been issued with imprest and whether there was prior authority as per the financial regulations.
The National Auditor has raised a number of audit queries in expenditures of various government institutions, cutting out work for the anti-graft agencies, which are always keen to nab those aiming to enrich themselves illegally.
Few months ago, Auditor General flagged more than Sh12 billion expenditure at the state department for Information Communication and Technology.
According to her report, there had been significant expenditures that happened in that ministry but lacked the necessary supporting documents.
This included Sh10 billion paid to contractors for the Konza Technocity Project in the 2018- 2019 financial year.
