Office of the Auditor General is an independent office established to audit government bodies and report on their management of allocated funds. The current Auditor General is Pulane Letebele.^[1]

Roles

The role of the Auditor General is to:^[2]

• Within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor-General shall audit and report, in respect of that financial year, on:
• Accounts of the national and local governments
• Accounts of all funds and authorities of the national and county governments;
• Accounts of all courts
• Accounts of every commission and independent office established by the Constitution
• the accounts of the National Assembly
• The public debt
• Accounts of any other entity that legislation requires the Auditor General to audit.
• The Auditor General may audit and report on the accounts of any entity that is funded from public funds.

Reports

The Auditor-General is mandated to do the following through the audit reports:

• An audit report shall confirm whether or not public money has been applied lawfully and in an effective way.
• Audit reports shall be submitted to Parliament or the relevant county assembly
• Within three months after receiving an audit report, Parliament or the county assembly shall debate and consider the report and take appropriate action.