Final audit exposes tender rot at IEBC

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By WALTER MENYA
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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) may have lost billions of shillings in the procurement of goods and services for the 2017 General Election and fresh presidential election, according to the final internal audit report.

The report, which was issued on August 20, reviewed 31 contracts the commission entered into during the elections, all worth Sh6.2 billion.

Of the tenders that were reviewed, the auditors said they could not provide an assurance that the taxpayer got value for money in ten contracts worth Sh4.6 billion, or 74 per cent of all the value of contracts.

“This was largely due to acquisition of goods or services at exaggerated prices and lack of market survey reports, among other factors,” the report states.

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