When i was in Sunday School, my teacher used to tell me that God is Omnipresent, meaning that he is everywhere and at the same time.
Well, i have grown up knowing that only God has the capacity to be Omnipresent until i encountered Members of the County Assembly of Kisumu.
Kisumu MCA’s are apparently wielding the same Powers as God if the latest report by Auditor General Edward Ouko is anything to go byu.
The Rogue and Greedy MCAs are on the spot for apparently earning millions in paid allowances for meetings they never attended.
An audit on the County Assembly shows the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) appeared to have been present in meetings that happened concurrently hence earned double sitting allowances in one of the many ways taxpayer money is squandered in the devolved units by the county politicians.
Auditor-General Edward Ouko who gave a very poor verdict on how the county’s finances are managed, could not comprehend how the MCAs managed to be in ‘two places at the same time.’
“Although the attendance register showed that the members attended both meetings, it is not clear how a member can attend two meetings concurrently,” Mr Ouko wrote in the report covering the year to June 2018.
The MCAs also earned Sh7.07 million in sitting allowance in committee meetings whose minutes could not be traced.
The MCAs earned Sh87.1 million allowance in the year to June 2018.
The few minutes presented to the auditors had no signatures.
While vetting the Audit committee, MCAs earned a cool Sh531,400 as personal allowances as quarter per diem without any approval.
The same way, the MCAs’ sitting allowance for July 2017 which had hit Sh1.4 million had not been supported with any attendance register.