21
Aug
The National Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has initiated an investigation into the circumstances under which the Energy Ministry received an additional Sh290 million from the National Treasury for a donor-funded project. An audit by the Office of the Auditor General flagged the extra budget after it emerged that while the State Department for Energy budgeted for Sh90 million, it received Sh378 million, an overfunding of Sh288 million. In the query, Auditor General Nancy Gathungu cast doubt on management’s explanation that the overfunding was as a result of the project erroneously receiving funds meant for another entity. Members of the…