ICT Ministry Cabinet Secretary Joseph Mucheru has been thrust onto the spotlight over a Ksh3.2 billion in dubious pending bills.
According to a report by Auditor-General Edward Ouko, the ministry's Broadcasting ad Telecommunications Department could not provide proof of how it incurred costs.
In the report tabled by Majority Leader Aden Duale, some of the bills were suspiciously listed and did not contain sufficient information on respective suppliers.
Some went as far as to include the year certain goods were supplied but did not have accompanying invoices.
For example, According to Daily Nation, a demand letter from Nation Media Group (NMG) revealed that they were owed a little over Ksh597 million but the department's figure stood at Ksh1.19 Billion.
“The resulting unreconciled variance of Ksh599,711,588 was not explained. In view of the foregoing, the completeness, validity and accuracy of the pending bills could not be confirmed,” revealed the report.
The ministry also did not indicate correctly that it had received Ksh2.4 Billion disbursement from the National Treasury.
The ICT ministry was also put on the spotlight over Ksh1.4 billion alleged payouts were not in tandem with the records of recipient government agencies.
For instance, the ministry's records showed that it paid out Ksh854.1 million to Kenya's Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) yet the state broadcaster only received Ksh842.5 million.
