State House chief of staff Nzioka Waita has come out guns blazing attacking the Auditor General Edward Ouko after a report linked to him alleged that Kenya could lose the port of Mombasa to the Chinese government if Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) defaults in the payment.
The alleged Auditor General report had alleged that Mombasa port was used to secure the Ksh227 billion SGR loan owed to Exim Bank of China sending Kenyans into shock and tantrums as they feared that they would lose the port in due time.
A competent auditor has no business making prejudicial pronouncements in a management letter.Primary role of an audit is to ensure continuous business improvement & to provide checks on proper compliance with laid down procedures.The audit process is not designed for theatrics.
— Nzioka Waita (@NziokaWaita) December 20, 2018
@OAG_Kenya notes that the agreement is biased since any non- performance or dispute with the #EximbankofChina would be referred to arbitration in #China, “whose fairness is resolving the disagreement may not be guaranteed”. – @dailynation . #ChineseDebt = #SGRheist. #DebtKE 👊 pic.twitter.com/I61AyQISLE
— Solomon Ambuku (@solo_ambuku) December 19, 2018
The Office of the Auditor General, however, distanced itself from the report through a post on its official Twitter handle.
“Our attention has been drawn to reports that OAG has released an audit report on Kenya Ports for FY 2017/18. This is to clarify that the office has not released any such report,” the tweet read although Manduku’s statement appears to infer the existence of the alleged agreement on a possible takeover of the Port in case of a default.”