Analysis of the Auditor General’s Report on the Financial Statements of the Kisumu County Executive: FY 2020/21 – 2021/22
There was a decrease in amount queried, from Ksh 5.1 billion in FY 2020/21 to Ksh 3.8 billion in FY 2021/2022. However, the actual number of audit queries increased from the previous audited county financial statements.
Violation of financial regulation increased from 15 cases to 27 cases, lack of supporting documents increased from 20 cases to 25 cases while failure to reconcile shot up from 3 cases to 25 cases and no value for money reported 16 cases from one case in the previous year.
The queries revolved around, failure to reconcile books of account, lack of supporting documents, violation of financial regulations, no value for money and pending bills. Most of these issued have been carried forward without any resolutions