Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has been put on the spot over the whereabouts of Sh200 million that the National Hospital Insurance Fund was meant to refund the National Police Service.
The money was meant for an excess of loss cover to cushion police officers who exhaust their limit between October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2019.
The amount was part of the Sh4.78 billion comprehensive medical cover who the police whose contract the National Police Service is given to the NHIF through direct procurement.
“This amount was refundable at the end of the contract but was not refunded when the contract came to an end,” Auditor General Nancy Gathungu said in her report for 2018-19.
Through the report tabled in Parliament, the Auditor General said the Department did not issue documentary evidence to show how the refundable amount was applied.
“Consequently, it was not possible to determine whether the National Police Service got value for money from the amount of Sh200 million that was due for a refund at the end of the comprehensive medical cover contract,” the report says.
The Auditor-General further flagged stalled, ‘substandard’ work and use of ‘sub-standard’ materials for the construction of several police stations and houses.
Gathungu cited the construction at Pangani police station whose Sh10.83 million contract was given to a local company.
The contract was signed on April 10, 2018, with the contraction expected to be completed within a year.
“An audit inspection concluded on January 6, 2020, revealed that the contractor has abandoned the site and the work had not been completed,” reads the report.
The contractor left manholes dangerously open and exposed.
While at Kamukunji police station, the construction of a police line worth Sh151.19 million had several issues.
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The situation was the same at Nyamaramber police station where an Sh9.70 million contract was awarded to a local contractor for the construction of residential houses.
The Auditor also flagged Sh4.37 billion pending bills that the Ministry of Interior had accumulated as of 30, 2019 despite President Uhuru’s express directive to all the state agencies to clear their debts.
