PS Lilian Omollo: NYS did not lose Sh9 billion
Public Service and Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Mbogo Omollo has denied the loss of Sh9 billion at the National Youth Service.
She denied the loss when she appeared before National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee on Friday accompanied by her Planning counterpart Julius Muia and immediate former NYS Director-General Richard Ndubai.
Mrs Omollo’s her denial was based on the auditor-general's report for 2016/17, which she said gave NYS expenditure a clean bill of health.
“The loss of Sh9 billion as alleged would mean that NYS is technically closed,” she said.
“We spent Sh22.2 billion in 2015/16 on supplies at NYS and Sh2 billion this year.”
However, the said report is not before the National Assembly.
Normally, the auditor-general’s reports are tabled before the House before it is committed to PAC.
Mrs Omollo, however, told the committee that payments may been made irregularly to companies that she said were inherited since 2013 and asked those responsible to take individual responsibility.
According to the PS, she refused to authorise payments for about 1,600 claims, saying they did not have supporting documentation, such as minutes, while others were not signed.
She also promised to furnish the watchdog committee chaired by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi with a list of all suppliers at NYS.
Mr Wandayi's committee is looking into the ministry's expenditure for 2014/15 and 2015/16 financial year.
