Uncertainty is rising over the ownership of Parliament buildings after Parliament Service Commission (PSC) failed to produce title deeds for audit.
The Commission did not provide title deeds of five buildings that include the main Parliament building, the Centre for Parliamentary Studies (CPST), Protection House and the Juvenile Court House.
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu revealed that the PSC failed to provide ownership documents for an audit review on the properties owned or controlled by the commission.
This is after an audit report was conducted on the PSC books of accounts for the year to June 2019.
Gathungu added that they could not confirm the ownership of assets under the commission's possession or whether they were properly safeguarded.
PSC also failed to produce the title documents for County Hall which serves as it's Headquarters.
This comes as a huge blow to a number of projects earmarked by Parliament to enhance accommodation for legislators.
Parliament had embarked on an expansion programme that will see the August House take over several multi-storeyed buildings within the proximity of the legislature.
The zone is set to be identified as Parliament Square and will cover the area from Hotel Inter-Continental and Haile Selassie Avenue and between Uhuru Highway and Parliament Road.
Access to the Parliament Square area, which covers several acres, will also be restricted from the public.
The PSC coughed out billions in securing a lease or acquiring Protection House, Harambee Co-op Plaza, Ufanisi House, Continental House, Juvenile Court building and Imani House.
The Commission has also set its sights on buying or leasing Professional Centre, Baden Powell House, St John's Ambulance building, Ukulima Co-op House and Dundee House.
Parliament now joins a list of State agencies that have failed to produce proof of ownership of key land assets, including Kenya Airports Authority (KAA).
KAA did not produce title deeds for five key airports including the Kisumu International Airport.
