Fisheries unit blows Sh11m on unoccupied city office

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Auditor General Nancy Gathungu. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG

The fisheries department paid Sh11.3 million rent for an office that remained unoccupied for 21 months, an audit shows, underlining wastage of taxpayer funds.

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu says the department spent Sh11,295,260 to rent office space on the 13th floor of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Building for the Kenya Fisheries Service (KFS) for the financial year 2018/19 and the last two quarters of the financial year 2017/18.

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