Auditor accuses KMTC of illegally opening eight colleges

The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) broke the law and its expansion policy by opening constituent colleges without a budget, a government audit report shows.

Auditor-General Edward Ouko said the KMTC incurred a total expenditure of Sh104.9 million when it opened eight new constituent colleges contrary to the State Corporations Act.

“No corporation shall without the prior approval in writing of the minister and the Treasury incur any expenditure for which provision has not been made in an annual estimate,” section 12 of the Act states.

Dr Ouko said no reason was provided for failure to comply with the expansion policy and the State Corporations Act.

On the expansion policy, he said the KMTC went against section 1 and 3 which states that there should be an approved concept paper and proposal in line with the medical college strategic plan, and source of financing identified.

The colleges opened in breach of law are in Makueni, Vihiga, Chwele, Kapenguria, Migori, Bomet, Kitale and Nyandarua.

“These new colleges were not budgeted for during the year and the total expenditure of Sh104,870,204 incurred on them was not included in the annual estimates for 2013/2014,” said Dr Ouko in a report dated June 12, 2015 tabled in the National Assembly by Majority Leader Aden Duale last week.

Dr Ouko issued a qualified opinion, an auditing term meaning that there were information gaps in the financial statements of the KMTC.