House Committee Puts Auditor General To Task On Employment Diversity
The Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity met with the Office of the Auditor General regarding the status of employment diversity and 30 per cent Procurement Reservation for Special Interest Groups. Auditor General Nancy Gathungu (left) when she appeared before the Parliamentary committee yesterday
By PSCU
The Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity met with the Office of the Auditor General regarding the status of employment diversity and 30 per cent Procurement Reservation for Special Interest Groups.
In a session chaired by Yusuf Adan, committee members scrutinized documents submitted by the OAG’s office led by the Auditor General, CPA, Nancy Gathugu.
The Office of the Auditor General has 1,662 staff of which 52.05 per cent are from two communities. It has also employed only 25 out of the 46 ethnic communities in the country.
The committee queried the skewed representation with Legislators asking why there was overrepresentation of some of the communities and the measures put in place to ensure there is a representation of the other 21 communities.
Regarding Persons Living with Disabilities, it has employed only 34 of them which is to 2.05 per cent contrary to the Constitutional requirement of 5 per cent.
Lawmakers also queried how OAG verifies and authenticates the status of the companies owned by the disadvantaged groups to ensure fairness and transparency like AGPO certificates, companies’ licenses, tax compliance certificates, etc.
Members of the committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunities expressed dissatisfaction with the presentation by the Office of the Auditor General.
The committee directed the Office of the Auditor General to provide supporting documents on samples of tender advertisements, evaluation committee reports, and payment status of the companies whose goods and services have been procured.
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