National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education examines Auditor General’s report for National schools
September
3, 2026
National Assembly Public Investments Committee
on Governance and Education examines Auditor General’s report for National
schools
The
National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education has embarked
on a process of examining Auditor’s report for Six National Schools in Nyanza
and Western region.
The
Committee has embarked on examining Auditor-General’s report for the six schools
for the Financial Years 2020/2021 to 2024/2025.
The schools
which are being examined include Ng’iya Girls National School, Maseno School, Bunyore
Girls High school, Maranda High School, Chavakali Boys High School and Kisumu
Girls High school.
The
Principals and the Chief Principals of the schools have appeared before the
Committee led by its Chair Dick Maungu.
So far Ng’iya
Girls National school Chief Principal Hellen Masengeli and Maseno school Chief
Principal Peter Owino appeared before the committee that has been having its
sitting at Grand Royal Swiz Hotel in Kisumu.
Bunyore
Girls High School Chief Principal Judith Agade also appeared before the
Committee.
The six Nationals’
schools Chief Principal have been examined and grilled and have responded to
queries on the Management and utilization of public resources allocated to
their schools over the past five Financial Years.
Some of the
issues that have emerged during the examination including that of some National
schools lacking qualified procurement officers as well as some borrowing huge
loans which they could not explain their proper use in their schools.
Other
Members of the Committee who are present during the first day of the retreat
include its Vice Chair Boyd Were among other Members.
"As you
are aware, high schools since time immemorial have been examined or under-audited
by the school audit. But going by our
new Constitution and the PFM Act, the Public Audit Act, it is very important
that this committee that is in charge of governance and education be able to
examine the report of the auditor," Maungu says.
He says
for the first time ever in this country, the committee will be checking on
books of all high schools across the country.
Maungu adds that it may be practically
impossible to confirm all the schools from C1 to C4, and even go down to
primary schools.
“So what we plan to do is that we plan to
start with the C1 schools, basically those are the national schools, which
range in the number of 120 to 130 and above. So we are here to check on a few
as a starting point. I must say that we are impressed with what we've been able
to see,” Maungu adds.
The PIC
on Governance and Education says what is coming out is that in terms of
governance, most of the schools have issues because they are doing it for the
first time.
“The
committee has been very magnanimous, and somehow guiding them on what they
should be doing, because they have tried. But maybe just to point out a few
issues. One of the issues that have come
out clearly is the shift or the movement from the school audit, where they used
to operate using different systems, to the new system. That has been a
challenge, but I think that they'll do well,” he further says.
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