The Auditor’s Report revealed that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) failed to account for 2,180 new employees in the 2023/2024 fiscal year.
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu’s report found that the JSC had 8,330 employees as of June 30, 2024, an increase of 2,316 workers from the previous year.
However, the report revealed that 136 new contracts were documented, resulting in an unsupported variance of 2,180 employees for the same year.
"The Judiciary had a total of eight thousand three hundred and thirty (8,330) employees as of June 30, 2024, and six thousand and fourteen (6,014) members of staff as of 30 June 2023, indicating an increase of two thousand three hundred and sixteen (2,316) employees during the year," the report read.
"New contracts revealed 136 additional staff members, resulting in an unsupported variance of 2,180 employees," the report further outlined.
The report also revealed that employee payment costs incurred by the JSC for the entire year amounted to Ksh14 billion, including personal allowances paid as part of salaries, totalling Ksh4 billion.
However, the JSC failed to support the ledger and payroll analysis with personal allowances amounting to Ksh182 million and leave allowances of Ksh131 million.
"Personal allowances amounting to Ksh182,390,324 and leave allowances of Ksh131,318,155 were not supported by ledger and payroll analysis," the report indicated.
The report further revealed that the commission failed to account for Ksh55 million spent on approved training within the country.
"The expenditure of Ksh55,298,426 on training expenses was not supported by an approved training plan, training needs assessment, approval, or a list of employees nominated for the training," the report stated.
Another discrepancy within the JSC involved funds spent on foreign travel, where the commission failed to validate the expenditure.
The commission spent Ksh93 million on foreign travel and training, an amount that could not be verified by the auditor's report.
