According
to a report by Auditor general, the Office of the County Commisioner, Trans
Nzoia, made a payment of Kshs.764,250.00 to a communications company and
Kshs.1,175,000.00 to an office equipment supplier on 7 June 2013 and 11 June
2013 respectively, for the supply of communication equipment to be used by the
County Executive and the County Assembly.
However,
quotations were not invited for the supply of the equipment and no explanation
has been provided as to how the prices were determined.
Further,
the Local Purchase Order supporting payment of Kshs.1,175,000.00 to an office
equipment supplier, had initially been issued to another company. No reason or
documentary evidence has been provided to support why the payment of
Kshs.1,175,000.00 was made to the latter company instead of the former which
had initially been issued with the order.
The
Office of the County Commissioner also made payments totalling to
Kshs.864,200.00
to two firms for the supply of furniture. The first company was paid an amount
of Kshs.660,200.00 on 18 April 2013 while the second was paid an amount of
Kshs.204,000.00 on 19 April 2013. It was noted that the two firms are the only
ones that submitted quotations instead of the required minimum of three.
Additional
furniture worth Kshs.1,134,800.00 was ordered from a third company and paid for
in full on 24 June 2013. However, the furniture was bought through single
sourcing and no reason has been provided for not using the competitive bidding
process as required by the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005.
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