Nairobi, Sept. 11 -- The latest Auditor-General's report indicates that 23 ministry departments and agencies cannot account for Sh16.6 billion expenditure in the financial year to June 2018.
These department and agencies failed to provide payment vouchers, records on receipt of delivered goods and purchase of products outside the budget to support the expenditure.
While this does not necessarily mean the money has been lost, there is reason for taxpayers to get concerned given the levels of corruption reported in government every other day.
It is quite possible that the failure to provide proper documentation is a deliberate scheme to steal funds meant for critical public projects.
The Special Programmes department, for instance, is cit...