The County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) has raised concern over the manner in which the Nyandarua County Executive is managing pending bills and urged Governor Moses Kiarie Badilisha to prioritise their settlement to prevent the collapse of local businesses.

The Committee noted that the county closed the 2024/25 financial year with pending bills amounting to Sh5.1 billion against total revenue collection of Sh6.3 billion, warning that the situation raises serious questions about the county’s viability as a going concern.

The Senate’s County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) is moving to forcibly summon Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki after he abruptly vanished from Parliament moments before facing Senators over damaging audit queries, in what lawmakers described as a blatant act of contempt and an attempt to evade accountability.

The Senate’s County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) has directed the Office of the Auditor-General to conduct an in-depth analysis to establish the exact amount owed by the 47 county governments to their employees in delayed salaries, unremitted statutory deductions, gratuity, pension contributions, and Sacco remittances.

The Committee took the decision after expressing concern over a recurring pattern in which county governments deduct money from employees’ salaries but fail to remit the funds to the relevant agencies.

The County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) has given Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma two weeks to submit all documents relating to the tendering and construction of public toilets at Timau Stadium, following conflicting accounts over the project’s location.

The directive came after the Governor and the Office of the Auditor-General disagreed on where the Sh1.9 million toilet project was supposed to be constructed.

The three water utilities in Kajiado County are in a state of financial and operational collapse, as revealed during the Senate session. Governor Joseph Ole Lenku appeared before the Senate County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee, chaired by Godfrey Osotsi, to answer for the technical insolvency of these vital entities. The Auditor General’s report for FY 2024/2025 portrays these companies as entities existing only through the unauthorized use of customer funds and a heavy reliance on the county government.

The Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) has rejected a request by Garissa Governor Nadhif Jama to postpone his appearance before the Committee, instead issuing summons warning that failure to comply will attract sanctions provided for under the law.

Governor Jama was scheduled to appear before the Committee on Thursday, January 29, 2026, to respond to queries raised by the Auditor-General in the audit reports of the Garissa County Executive for the 2024/25 financial year.