GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 13051

IT IS notified for the general information of the public that, the Governor, Kiambu County, has appointed a taskforce to be known as the County Pending Bills Verification Committee in Kiambu County. The Committee shall comprise of the following: Wagatharia Micugu — Chairperson Members: Zachary Gitau — Rep. County Government of Kiambu Bethwel Giruga — Rep. County Government of Kiambu James Njuguna — Governor’s Representative Eunice Wambui Kinyanjui — Governor’s Representative Joseph Gathumbi — Governor’s Representative Anne Wambui Muinamania — Governor’s Representative Terms of Reference for the Taskforce Introduction The office of the Auditor-General has in the recent past undertaken a special audit of pending bills at the request of the national Treasury in the financial year 2018/2019. This covered the period 2013/2014 to June 2018 with a report issued as of the 28th February, 2019. Counties were then required to prepare and submit payment plans for the settlement of the eligible pending bills to the National Treasury. The payments were under the supervision of the Controller of Budget. On the ineligible bills, the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) meeting of 18th June, 2019, resolved that all county governments establish a County Pending Bills Committee with the mandate of reviewing the eligibility of the bills previously categorized as ineligible. In addition, the Auditor-General received the request from the National Treasury to undertake a special audit of pending bills for FY 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. The objective was to establish and provide an independent and reasonable assurance on the amounts owed to various suppliers, statutory deductions to various institutions and outstanding personnel costs due to staff by the respective counties. The County Government of Kiambu in compliance with the circular from the Controller of Budget vide letter ref: COB/COG/002/VOL.13(55) appointed a pending bills committee vide