Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has faulted Auditor General Nancy Gathungu for perennially submitting incomplete audit reports in an apparent violation of the constitution.

Okiya says the reports are usually vague, and put parliament in a tight spot as it becomes difficult to prescribe actions to be taken against those grossly implicated in some of the incidents highlighted in the reports.

“The auditor general violates the constitution,” said Omtatah during an interview on Spice FM adding, “The Auditor General is supposed to audit for effectiveness and lawfulness. She never does that. An audit report should be conclusive, but the Auditor General chooses to be vague.”

According to Omtata, Gathungu’s reports ought to have recommendations for actions to be taken in case a violation has been flagged from the audit including forwarding files to law enforcement and other relevant agencies.

“Parliament does not audit. When you give parliament an incomplete statement saying you cannot tell whether the money was used effectively or otherwise, parliament cannot audit. Tell parliament this money was lost,” he said.

He further lamented the limited time parliament has to review all the audit reports adding that clear reports are essential even for use by common citizens who wish to move private actions on them.

“Article 229 (6) says an audit report shall confirm whether or not public money has been applied lawfully and effectively. She has never confirmed anything,” he remarked.

Further, the senator has accused the office of the Auditor General of neglecting its constitutional duties questioning why it has not reviewed expenditure of the Kenya Kwanza regime, two years after President William Ruto came into office.

Busia County Senator Okiya Omtatah: Our debt up to when Kibaki left was Ksh2.7 trillion. Right now, we are about Ksh 12 trillion. That spike has happened under the Jubilee Government & under the Kenya Kwanza Government. That is why in my petition, I’m suing Uhuru Kenyatta for a… pic.twitter.com/RHNztZaUIX
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This is despite the law requiring audits to be conducted within six months from the time a financial year lapses with a focus on the accounts of the county and national governments.

In July last year, President Ruto appointed an eight-member task force led by Nancy Onyango to audit the Sh11 trillion public debt, a role Omtatah says Gathungu duplicated with a special audit covering the last ten financial years. 

“Were there no auditor generals over those ten years? Why are you not auditing Ruto? Why have you audited only Uhuru? That’s politics. When the auditor general begins playing politics with us and publishing funny figures we should not allow it,” he argued.

Additionally, the first-time senator believes that loans Kenya is currently repaying are odious, or illegitimate, debts which did not directly benefit Kenyans.