The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will publish names of beneficial owners of companies that won tenders in the 2017 elections, Commissioner Abdi Guliye announced.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, the agency's communications manager Andrew Limo stated that the compiling was going on and thus they couldn't give exact timelines when the names will be released.
Guliye was speaking on Tuesday during the Editors Guild Forum where he addressed the proposed boundary delimitation.
The IEBC Commissioner told the forum that the agency will hold extensive consultations and engagement with citizens and other stakeholders before conducting the process.
According to the final internal audit report, the IEBC may have lost billions of shillings in the procurement of goods and services for the 2017 General Election and fresh presidential election.
The report, which was issued on August 20, 2018, reviewed 31 contracts the commission entered during the elections, all worth Ksh6.2 billion.
Of the tenders that were reviewed, the auditors stated that they could not provide an assurance that the taxpayer got value for money in ten contracts worth Ksh4.6 billion or 74 per cent of all the value of contracts.
The report had implicated the fired CEO Ezra Chiloba, the directorates of finance, ICT, Supply Chain Management and Legal and Public Affairs who the auditors recommended they explain some of the decisions they made leading to the possible loss.
According to the report, the auditors noted there were gaps relating to contracts between IEBC and the vendors.
“For example, lack of itemization of deliverables and costing of the same provided grey areas," the report stated.
"Going forward, the commission should institute proper controls in the area of contracting to prevent third-party risks and financial losses. Specifically, the commission should develop a Contracting Policy and Procedures for adoption and future guidance,” it added.
