Colley said at the time of assuming office, there were 5 staff members at Internal Audit Unit, adding that the Unit was without a director for at least 2 years. He did also raise issues about capacity gap at the Unit in terms of how audits should be carried out.
“There was no independent evaluation committee,” he equally disclosed.
He said he advised the Council to establish an independent evaluation committee, as some of the policy makers in KMC do management work.
“There is always that conflict of interest,” he testified, acknowledging that without an independent evaluation committee, the contracts may be susceptible to fraud, nepotism and favouritism.
He was asked whether vouchers and other necessary documents pass through his office before payments are made. He responded that some of them come to him, but others do not. He added that this means the same thing applied in the past.
