Auditor General Edward Ouko has put Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki on the spot in an Sh19.42 million saga involving an official car.
According to the latest report, the Jubilee allied county boss used county funds to buy a Land Cruiser VX at what is apparently an exaggerated figure.
Ouko further notes in the report that the guzzler has a 4500 cc engine capacity which is over the law that prohibits the purchase of vehicles exceeding 3000 ccs for heavy-duty vehicles.
“In the circumstances, the county government is in breach of the law,” Ouko says in the report presented to the Senate Public Accounts Committee last week, reports the Nation.
The report adds that procurement laws were also flouted in acquiring the vehicle's number plate GVN 013B, which was procured from a local car dealer.
It further states that Njuki's leadership disregarded the law in dishing out Sh3.8 billion worth of contracts to unqualified suppliers.
The county public resources department is also on the spotlight over alleged impunity, as per the report for the year ending on June 30, 2018.
The issue is set for consideration by the Homa Bay Senator Tom Kajwang'-led committee and is expected to summon the county boss and his cabinet ministers to the house.
Those found culpable will be proposed for prosecution in court.