Senate Questions Governor Kahiga Over Financial Mismanagement
Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga is being investigated for financial malpractice in four Nyeri County public hospitals, after senators discovered illegal revenue remittances and procurement shortfalls.
The Governor was questioned about financial irregularities at Nyeri County Referral Hospital, Mt. Kenya Sub-County Hospital, Mukurue-ini Sub-County Hospital, and Karatina Sub-County Hospital.
Kahiga spoke before the Senate County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee on Tuesday, February 17.
According to the Auditor General’s findings, the four hospitals had unsupported medical revenue, drugstore inventory deficiencies, and procurement violations.
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Furthermore, the report said that these hospitals had serious personnel shortages and no effective Boards of Management to provide supervision.
“We see millions collected at Karatina and Mukurue-ini, yet basic supplies are missing,” Nominated Senator George Mbugua said.
“This centralized control is strangling our health system and denying these facilities the right to be self-sustaining.”
Godfrey Osotsi, the Senator for Vihiga County, expressed worry that hospitals were still remitting payments to the County Revenue Fund.
This emphasizes the importance of fully implementing the Facility Improvement Financing (FIF) system to give health care facilities more financial autonomy.
The FIF framework demands that hospital revenue be preserved at the source to ensure that public health institutions operate optimally.
According to the senator, the FIF will enable hospitals to govern their own operations without relying on the county administrator.
“Governor, why are these hospitals still remitting revenue to the CRF instead of keeping it in their own accounts as the law demands?” Osotsi posed.
“By failing to implement the FIF, you are essentially drawing money from these facilities that should be used for medicines. We are telling you: let the hospitals be.”
In his response, Kahiga stated that the county is now developing adequate accounting systems and competent boards to ensure that hospitals can manage these funds independently.
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Kahiga noted that the slow transition is aimed at ensuring that there is accountability and transparency in the facilities, an ‘excuse’ the senators dismissed as not sufficient.
“My administration is committed to the FIF Act,” Kahiga said.
“We are currently ensuring that proper accounting structures and boards are robust enough to handle these funds independently before full handover.”
Adding, “We seek to ensure accountability, not to withhold resources.”
Senate Questions Governor Kahiga Over Financial Mismanagement
