A latest report released by outgoing Auditor General Edward Ouko has revealed that billions of shillings are missing at the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).
The report quoted by Daily Nation indicates that management at the CA cannot account for the missing billions.
The vicious boardroom battles have also worsened the situation at the authority.
The exit of Director General Francis Wangusi has also aggravated the woes.
It emerged that CA ignored laws of public expenditure with the report showing that the directors used Sh2.1 million for Christmas shopping in the form of vouchers. The expenditure was not approved by the National Treasury.
The report querying the expenditure of CA for the financial year 2017/2018 was presented to Parliament on Thursday.
It shows that CA failed to give a clear explanation of how Sh2,631,195,000 was spend on general expenditure items.
Some of the areas highlighted included consumers, corporate affairs, training and computer software maintenance among others.
CA is also yet to account for Sh26 million collected as annual frequency licence fees. Operating license fee amounting to Sh5.9 million showed negative entries of Sh802,975.
The auditor has since asked the management to give an explanation on the same as soon as possible.
CA was also out in the spot for procuring a service provider for an event but paid Sh13 million instead of Sh2 million as required.
“There was no signed formal contract between the authority and the service provider provided for audit review,” reads the audit report, as quoted by Daily Nation.
The report also indicates that invoices of Sh1.3 million for June and Sh3 million for the annual operating licenses can also not been accounted for.
The auditor also questioned why directors were paid Sh53 million yet there is no record for the same. The amount included Sh3.3 million paid to the directors per month.