Oil and gas experts have urged Parliament to amend the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the government and Gulf Energy E&P B.V over the Turkana oil project to require an independent audit of revenues, warning that the current framework exposes the State to opacity and inflated costs.

The experts proposed that the independent auditor incorporate representatives from the Office of the Auditor-General and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to enhance transparency and accountability.

The County Executive of Elgeyo Marakwet has been directed to improve how it accounts for biological assets, following concerns raised by the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC).

The directive was issued after Governor Wesley Rotich failed to satisfactorily explain how the county accounts for assets classified under the biological category, with the Committee noting that the current system lacks clear categorisation.

Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok was on the defensive before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) after Senators questioned whether competence guides the recruitment of county staff in his administration.

Governor Barchok was appearing before the Committee to respond to audit queries raised in the county’s financial statements when Senators accused his administration of presiding over widespread incompetence in human resource management, particularly within a department considered critical to the running of the county.