Amani National Congress Party Leader Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi has once again slammed the Jubilee Government over what he terms as unconstitutional and illegal hire of external auditor on Sh5.3 billion theft scandal.
In an official statement to news rooms, Mudavadi says the scheme to engage an external auditor to investigate the internal auditor over the alleged stolen cash s blackmail and a plot to cover-up.
“If it is a fact, as the government has all along insisted that the contentious audit report is a draft subject to verification, then hiring an external auditor to verify the internal auditors report is superfluous. In any case, Cabinet Secretary (CS) Cleopa Mailu fictional claims that no money was stolen do not add up when he still wants to discredit the internal auditors report via an external audit,” he said.
The ANC leader said the Jubilee regime ought to be told in no uncertain terms that their intention is archaic and Kenyans have come of age to know when they are being lied to.
He added that the intention of an external audit not sanctioned by the Office of the Auditor General Edward Ouko whose agent is the internal auditor Bernard Muchere will not escape the scrutiny of many discerning Kenyans.
“Kenyans deserve accountability from their government and not deception and lies. It is obvious to Kenyans that the Jubilee regime holds with contempt the Office of the Auditor General, despite it being a constitutional office. Only recently they passed unconstitutional amendments in law in a vain attempt to strip the office of its constitutional powers,” he said.
Mudavadi, who has maintained that he will run for Presidency in 2017 said the Jubilee regime has in particular targeted the office holder Ouko for mudslinging because the Jubilee regime sees him as an impediment to their grand plans to loot public coffers.
He said the vain attempt to intimidate and blackmail the Auditor General through the supposed external auditor to cover-up the misdeeds in the ministry of health must be resisted because the plot is unconstitutional and illegal.
“Chapter 15, Article 248, Section 3 and Article 249, Section 2 (a) and (b) of the Constitution provides for the independence of the Office of the Auditor General. Under the Public Audit Act and The Public Finance Management Act, no external auditor can be hired without the authority of the Auditor General,” said Mudavadi.
This comes even as Kenya Union of Nurses secretary general Seth Panyako said the leaders involved in the Sh5.3B Afya House Scandal should be jailed for 100 years.
Panyako while speaking on Sunday said that Health CS Cleopa Mailu should be prosecuted if he is found liable for the loss.