A county-owned radio station in Vihiga built a toilet for its staff, who are yet to be hired, at a cost of Sh11.3 million
that was not factored in the budget, says an assembly team.
Vihiga FM is yet to begin transmission, two years since it was set up.
A report by a special committee that investigated the county’s Sh2.5 billion debt, reveals that a Sh14.7 million wall was erected around the station.
The station is yet to be licensed but has already set up a transmission studio and mounted a communication mast.
When members of Vihiga FM’s board of directors were sworn into office in June last year, Governor Moses Akaranga said the establishment of the radio station was a milestone in his efforts to ensure access to information by residents as required by the Constitution.
When the Nation visited the studios at Municipal Grounds in Mbale, the principal information officer in charge of the radio section, Mr Sammy Oyando, refused to make a comment.
In its report, the committee notes that the radio project is among seven others that were implemented during the 2014/2015 financial year without the assembly’s approval and cost the regional government a total of Sh79.3 million
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