The Public Accounts Committee (PSC) of the National Assembly has raised concerns over the amount used by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in legal fees.
PAC has consequently summoned IEBC to explain why it paid lawyers Sh2.1 billion instead of Sh1 billion in the 2013 election petitions.
This is after it emerged that IEBC could not account for Sh5.4 billion in the 2015/16 financial year, in a report by Auditor-General Edward Ouko.
The committee chaired by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi also wants IEBC to explain why it paid Sh93.3 million instead of Sh31.7 million as the cost for biometric voter registration (BVR) kits’ vendor support and maintenance.
The auditor general has also questioned why IEBC irregularly changed the specifications to the tune of Sh1.6 billion for the supply, delivery, installation, training, testing and commissioning of 30,000 electronic voter identification devices (EVIDs) in the 2013 General Elections.