Siaya Governor Orengo appoints 7-member taskforce to audit county’s financial operations

Siaya Governor James Orengo has appointed a seven-member taskforce to carry out a forensic audit of the financial operations of the county government’s previous administration.

The mandate of that taskforce, which will be chaired by former Auditor General Edward Ouko, will include an evaluation, assessment and determination of the county’s human resource establishment and revenue administration with emphasis on the financial years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.

The taskforce will also constitute; Rowena Stela Ndeda (Secretary), political scientist Prof. Adams Oloo, Dr. Grace Ongile, Bella Akinyi and Mr. Jared Bwoga.

They will be required to review existing financial systems and other internal control systems, process and procedures of budget management.

In press release issued on Thursday, Governor Orengo indicted that the taskforce will also be required to audit own source revenue collection and utilization, integrity and efficiency of the county government’s activities and supply chains.

The taskforce will further audit imprest accounts, retention accounts, pending bills, project management committee funds, payroll and staff establishment.

After the audit process which will take 60 days, the seven-member team shall be required to asses and give recommendations on the necessary reforms within the county’s governance structures and systems for purposes of enhancement of service delivery.

The Ouko-led taskforce will also advise the county on sector-based growth and development together with automation of the county operations and e-governance.