Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho at a past event. [Photo: Hassan Joho/ twitter.com]
Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho is among twenty sitting and former governors who have been put on the spot by the Auditor General over alleged misappropriation of public funds and massive theft in reports for the year 2015/2016.
The report was tabled in the Senate on Tuesday by Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen.
Joho has been accused of spending Sh54 million on the Mombasa Cultural Festival where the supplies for the event such as t-shirts, car stickers, billboards, and umbrellas were delivered days after the function.
“Audit verification of the propriety expenditure amounting to Sh23million for the year ended 30 June 2016 could not be confirmed. In addition, audit verifications revealed that payments amounting to Sh10 million was paid to DJs, MCs and other artistes was not accounted for,” auditor general Edward Ouko said.
In the report, former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero is on the spot over failure to account for parking fees collected from 795,600 vehicles.
“Examination of parking systems reports maintained by the County Government indicated that of the 2,117,165 vehicles eligible to pay parking fees at the designated street parking lots during the year under review only 1,321,565 vehicles paid,” said Ouko in the report.
18 out of the 20 counties listed in the report have been placed as disclaimers due to failure to provide required documents for audit.