Accounts committee probes audit queries on office of the President accounts

The Mt Kenya Times 17 June 2026 2 minutes read

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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Butere MP Tindi Mwale yesterday examined the Auditor-General’s Report for the 2023/2024 Financial Year on the accounts of the Executive Office of the President.

The Principal Administrative Secretary in the Executive Office of the President, Mr. Arthur Osiya, appeared before the Committee to respond to issues raised in the audit report.

During the session, MPs sought clarification on several matters flagged by the Auditor-General.

According to the report, the financial statements reflected pending bills amounting to KSh14.53 billion.

The Auditor-General noted that the amount related to bills that were not settled during the year under review and were instead carried forward to the 2024/2025 financial year.

“Failure to settle bills in the year to which they relate adversely affects the implementation of the subsequent year’s budgeted programmes, as the outstanding bills form a first charge on that year’s budget provision,” the report states in part.

In his response, Mr. Osiya acknowledged that the pending bills stood at KSh14,528,324,070.

PAC chairman Tindi Mwale during yesterday’s session. Photos/Courtesy.

He explained that KSh14,142,182,553 of the amount comprised historical bills inherited from the defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), while KSh386,141,517 related to the Office of the President headquarters for the 2023/2024 financial year.

“On the historical pending bills relating to NMS, the Office has since submitted them to the Pending Bills Verification Committee under the National Treasury for review,” Mr. Osiya told the Committee.

Committee members, however, expressed concern that the team from the Executive Office of the President had not provided sufficient documentation to adequately address some of the audit queries.

The committee chairman directed Mr. Osiya to furnish the Committee with additional documents to support the responses and facilitate further scrutiny of the issues raised by the Auditor-General.