Nakuru governor Kinuthia Mbugua has called on civil societies to desist from attacking his government based on rumours which he said were aimed as tainting his image.
According to the governor, all details raised by the Auditor General's report were responded to and a report tabled to the Senate for justification purposes.
He accused some leaders of civil society groups of being used by his opponents to taint his image and parade his administration as a failure.
“I have never had an issue with the Auditor General’s audit report because everything being undertaken in Nakuru is justifiable and my team is able to account for everything to the last cent. My problem comes when somebody comes from nowhere in the name of civil society questioning our expenses, have they carried out their audits in the first place?” he posed.
The governor spoke at the county headquarters after chairing a Cabinet meeting, further revealing that he had invited officials from the Auditor General Edward Ouko’s office to audit the previous financial year’s expenses on time.
“As we speak, there are auditors in our offices scrutinising activities for the financial year 2014/2015 because we don’t want a repeat of the mess witnessed in the 2013/2014 audit,” Mbugua noted.
According to governor Mbugua, his administration was clean and the loopholes raised by the report were deficits the county adopted from the previous Municipal Council of Nakuru because most of the issues raised were dated before devolution came into being.
Deputy governor Joseph Ruto urged anybody tasked with managing public funds to do it diligently and responsibly for the benefit of the general publics.
The two were speaking during a Cabinet meeting of Nakuru county government on Tuesday.