Nairobi, March 12 -- Several county governments may have lost assets valued at billions of shillings in the past 12 years since the advent of devolution due to a lack of comprehensive asset registers, which has exposed them to looters.

At the start of devolution in 2013, the counties were tasked with preparing and maintaining the registers and submitting copies to the Inter-Governmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC).

But more than a decade later, most counties still lack proper registers for their assets, exposing the properties including those they inherited from the defunct county and municipal councils, to theft.

Various audits by the Office of the Auditor-General reveal that assets which may have been stolen include buildin...