Kirinyaga Governor, Anne Waiguru has demanded the resignation of the IFMIS Director, Jerome Ochieng, and a public apology from the National Treasury over reports that her county spent money on 'State House affairs' in the 2017-2018 financial year.
In a press release sent to media houses, Waiguru refuted the claims stating that her County Government followed the right procedures and generated the correct reports from IFMIS from the period in question.
"I wish to categorically state that these claims are obviously untrue, unfounded, and intended to grossly mislead the public," she noted.
Waiguru added that there would be no budget line for the said State House Affairs in the budget allocation report at County level.
The governor stated that there was a misreporting on IFMIS that affected the expenditure in the eight counties.
She added that by IFMIS failing to take responsibility of the anomaly, public misinformation exposed County Executives and County Governments to loss of public trust, humiliation and gross embarrassment.
"One cannot overlook the intention to mislead the public, subvert transparency and accountability in public finance and create political mischief in order to hoodwink Kenyans," the governor wrote.
She added that Kenyans were watching the conduct of the IFMIS Director and National Treasury officials.
On Monday, the Auditor General report stated that in Kirinyaga County, Ksh48.8 million was used on rail transport, Ksh512.3 million used for government clearing services and Ksh327 million for State House affairs.
The report also stated that Ksh1.76 million was used for health, research and development and Ksh3.2 million for marine transport.
