Auditor General Robert Ouko. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Auditor General Robert Ouko has blamed lack of proper accounting systems at the county level as the reason behind misuse of funds in counties.
Speaking Thursday in Nairobi during the financial reporting (FiRe award) conference Ouko said the underlying issue is that records have not been kept well.
He stated that counties are not meeting the accounting standards.
“We don’t have proper financial systems today in most of the counties. Whatever is there is that they are doing other things which are not within the set standards. That’s why we want them to be brought into such events (FiRe award),” said Mr Ouko.
He said through the event they will shame those who are not doing well, as they encourage and recognise those thriving in their accounting systems.
Ouko said they are concerned about the systems through which these accounts are prepared and are working closely with the Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (PSASB) to ensure that counties and other public entities have systems which can prepare accounts which can be reported in a transparent manner.
Reports from the Auditor-General and Controller of Budget offices have indicted county governments and assemblies for misusing public fund