Auditor General flags billions in unpaid county loans
The Auditor General has flagged billions of shillings in unpaid car and mortgage loans issued to county officials, raising fresh concerns over financial mismanagement in devolved units.
According to Auditor General Nancy Gathungu’s reports for the year ending June 30, 2025, loans advanced to governors, MCAs, and senior county officials between 2013 and 2022 remain largely unrecovered, with weak or nonexistent recovery mechanisms.
The audit shows that some beneficiaries left office, died, or disappeared from county payrolls without clearing their debts.