Members of Siaya County Assembly have said they have no legal mandate to audit government expenditures within a running financial year.
This comes amid blames over alleged misappropriation of funds in the county.
The 2014/2015 Auditor General’s report that had just been released indicated that the county government of Siaya could not account for over Sh90 million.
The MCAs, have instead heaped blame on constitutional institutions charged with the responsibility of ensuring accountability of public funds.
Siaya County assembly’s oversight and implementation committee chairman Leonard Oriaro said that much as their key role is to oversight the executive, they have no legal mandate to audit the government expenditures within a running financial year.
“There is need to review the law to give the assemblies a legal authority to be auditing the expenses of the executive during the life of any running county government projects,” he said.
Mr Oriaro faulted the office of the Auditor General Edward Ouko for what he termed as “laxity” in executing its duties.
He allayed fears that public funds might have been swindled, noting that as an assembly, they will exploit the matter to its logical conclusion and present the true picture to the public.