Narok Governor Patrick Ntutu and his Nairobi counterpart Johnson Sakaja have been summoned to appear before a Senate committee to respond to audit queries.
The two are to appear before for the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee on November 15 and 16 respectively.
The summons were issued on Thursday following a meeting by the committee chaired by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Otsotsi.
“The committee has resolved to invite the governors to respond to the audit queries raised by the Office of the Auditor General,” the statement read.
The counties have been asked to provide information regarding the firms contracted to collect revenues on their behalf, status of revenue collections and challenges faced.
Senators are further seeking to be furnished with the lists of all county funds and public investment that exist in the two counties.
Ntuntu who took over from Samuel Tunai and Sakaja who succeeded Ann Kananu will be appearing before the committee for the first time since assuming office.
An annual budget implementation review for the counties by the controller of budget Margaret Nyakang’o for the year ending 2021-22 indicates that counties generated Sh35.9 million for the own source revenue.
This was an improvement compared to Sh34.4 in the 2020-21 financial year.
From the annual own source target revenue of Sh2.35 billion, Narok managed to collect Sh1.33 billion in the period under review while Nairobi managed Sh9.23 billion out of the annual target of Sh19.61 billion.
Article 209 (3) of the Constitution allows counties to impose property rates, entertainment taxes and other taxes that a county is authorised to charge.
Maasai Mara game reserve is one the top revenue streams for Narok generating up to Sh2.20 billion annually, while Nairobi relies on parking fees, rates, single business permits, house rents, building permits and, billboards and adverts.