aemathenge wrote:Senate team starts hearing Waiguru impeachment case
By WANJOHI GITHAEREFUNDED ALL THE MONIES
In her defence, the governor says she refunded all the monies that had been reimbursed to her.
“Allowances and imprests for the
cancelled official functions were duly refunded to the county government in compliance with relevant public officer policies and regulations,” reads the response.
Ms Waiguru returned the money
after the impeachment motion was tabled in the county assembly.Source: The Nation :
https://www.nation.co.ke...impeachment-case-734638 Many public servants have pending imprests. What happens when you do not account for the money is that the cash is deducted from your salary. An unaccounted for imprest or allowance is no ground for firing an employee or impeaching someone.
If you read the auditor generals reports the issue of unaccounted imprests is always there. Sometimes govt officers take imprests to attend meetings/functions but the meetings may be cancelled or vehicles are unavailable. A governor may take an imprest to attend a meeting abroad then something more urgent comes up eg the president is touring your county and you have to cancel the foreign trip or covid 19 happens.
An imprest is no ground for impeachment.
Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.