Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wah has responded to claims that he proposed a bill in Parliament seeking to remove the Auditor General as the head of the National Audit Office.
In a statement on Tuesday, March 4, the MP dismissed the allegations as propaganda, accusing critics of deliberately misrepresenting the contents of the bill.
Ichung'wah asserted that no such provisions exist in the proposed legislation, urging Kenyans to read the bill and the committee’s report on the Parliamentary website.
“The propaganda lords have crafted their own non-existent bill on the Office of the Auditor General with provisions that only exist in their imaginations.
"All one needs to do is to read the bill and the committee’s report also on the website, as only fools would believe such unconstitutional things can be crafted,” he said.
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The Auditor-General of Kenya is an independent office responsible for auditing and reporting on the use and management of public resources by various government entities.
These include the national and county governments, all courts, commissions, independent offices and political parties funded from public funds.
The Auditor-General's mandate ensures that public money is applied lawfully and effectively.
The current Auditor General, Nancy Gathungu, was appointed on July 17, 2020, succeeding Edward Ouko.
Before her appointment, she served as the Director of Quality Assurance at the Office of the Auditor-General and as Chief Internal Auditor at Kenyatta National Hospital, the largest referral hospital in East and Central Africa.
Gathungu holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (Strategic Management) and a Bachelor's degree in Commerce (Accounting).
She is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (FCPA-K).
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