The Auditor general Edward Auko appearing before the parliamentary accounts committee.[Photo/The star.]
The latest report by the Auditor General has revealed that the Kenya wildlife service (KWS) has technically been left insolvent following the total loss of Sh4.4 billion it has accumulated.
Auditor general Edward Auko says in the latest audit that the agency reported a deficit of Ksh 680.5 million in the financial year that ended June 2015 pushing the deficit of Ksh 3.7 billion it had incurred in the financial year that ended on June 2014 to Ksh 4.4 billion.
“During the year under review, the service recorded a deficit of Sh680.5 million bringing the accumulated deficit to Sh4.4 billion,” said Mr Ouko in an audit report submitted to Parliament last week.
Auko also said that the survival of the primary agency that is charged with the wildlife conservation has come from the fundings given by the regular government, development partners and creditors.
“This scenario is untenable considering the vital importance of wildlife conservation for the present and future generations as envisioned in the Constitution of Kenya,”added Auko.
KWS had however blamed the high compensation plan that they offer to the victims of the wildlife attack or the destruction of property by the wild animals to be the main cause of the continued deficit.