A new report laid bare the number of multiple bank accounts operated by county governments which oversight agencies have warned could be used to siphon taxpayers' money.
The expenditure report by Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakango for the last financial year shows that 43 counties are operating 2,027 bank accounts at various commercial banks.
Four counties—Kirinyaga, Mombasa, Siaya and Tharaka Nithi—did not provide records on the number of bank accounts they hold with commercial banks.
The revelations come just days after Auditor General Nancy Gathungu raised the red flag that the multiple accounts could be a graft conduit.
Gathungu said counties should not have more than 10 bank accounts.
However, the report shows that Governor Kenneth Lusaka’s Bungoma county operates 358 bank accounts.
Kimani Wamatangi’s Kiambu has 306 bank accounts, Benjamin Cheboi’s Baringo has 283 while Ochillo Ayacko’s Migori has 208.
