The average price of a cow is around Ksh50,000 in Kenya.
Kisumu county has made history for purchasing a cow at a cost of Ksh3.7m, which is around 74 times the price of an average cow.
The Auditor General Edward Ouko has put the county on the spot for allocating money in the financial year 2017/2018 for the purchase of 27 dairy ayrshire cows but only one cow was availed for audit thereby making the purchase of the remaining 26 cows questionable.
The Auditor General said a delivery note dated May 2017 showed that the animals were delivered using a truck but the registration number was not indicated as required.
In the report revealed to media, Mr. Ouko also wondered why the county did not inform other bidders who lost the tender award as per the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act 2015.
The report further stated that the list of beneficiaries of the cows released by the county did not contain required evidence that the farmers actually received the animals.
Kisumu County CEC for Agriculture Gilchrest Okuom, whose docket the program was carried out, however declined to comment on the matter.