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Daily Nation Wednesday Date: 13.01.2016 Page 21 Article size: 169 cm2 ColumnCM: 37.55 AVE: 81120.00 Laikipia I Money collected as revenue not banked Sh2.5 million household items not accounted for Auditorgeneral reveals that allowances for public service board members not taxed BY DAVID MACHARIA [email protected] More than Sh2 million was used using Sh2,580,290 to buy the items and that the items were directly bought by the county government to during the 2013/2014 financial year in from a supermarket. buy household items, yet some cash, contrary to public procurement and "The goods procured were not kept of these goods were not recorded in disposal regulations. in the county government stores," the official documents, the auditorgeneral The auditorgeneral also discloses report says. has revealed. that the county government irregularly The devolved unit is accused of failing In his report, Mr Edward Ouko accuses procured household items valued at to collect taxes amounting to Shi.4 mil the county government of irregularly Sh580,000 for one of its top officials 1.4 The amount in millions of shillings of money not collected as tax 2.5 The amount in millions of shillings used to buy household items 14 The amount in millions of shillings collected as revenue but not banked lion after paying various contractors bers of the Public Service Board. a total of SI147.3 million. Recovery of allowances "No explanation was given by the officials for the failure to deduct and withhold taxes from various contrac tors who were tendering services to the devolved government," the audi torgeneral adds. Similarly, the county government did not deduct taxes from Sh3,024,00 in sitting allowances earned by mem thority. Mr Ouko recommends that the devolved government institutes measures to recover the money. The auditorgeneral notes that the During the period under review, board members were paid sitting the county government failed to bank allowances which exceeded eight Shl4 million collected as revenue. meetings, contrary to a Transition The auditorgeneral says the county Authority directive. government collected SI1256.2 mil He wants the sitting allowances lion but only SI1242.I million was and taxes not deducted amounting banked. to ShSh907,000 be recovered and The unbanked money cannot be remitted to the Kenya Revenue Au accounted for. Ipsos Kenya Acorn House,97 James Gichuru Road Lavington Nairobi Kenya