Nancy Gathungu is the Auditor General of Kenya, taking office in June 2020.[1][2] She succeeded Edward Ouko who retired in August 2019.[1] She had previously applied to be Auditor General under the 2010 constitution.[2] Nancy Gathungu was educated at The Kenya High School.

Career

Gathungu is a career civil servant, joining the office of Auditor General in 1993 and being promoted up the ranks to Director Quality Assurance, Office of the Auditor General.[2] At time of appointment, she was a Strategic Management PhD candidate at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.[2] Previous degrees include an MBA in Strategic Management and bachelor's degree of commerce (Accounting Option).[2]

At time of taking office in 2020, Gathungu had a net worth of Ksh30.89 million.[1]

Major audits

In March 2021, Nancy Gathungu oversaw a report showing that half of the KSh 18.5 billion budget of the Kenya Population and Housing Census could not be accounted for.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Auditor General Nancy Gathungu Says Her Net-worth Is Ksh30 Million". KahawaTungu. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kenya, dhahabu (2020-06-23). "Profile of the incoming Auditor General Nancy Gathungu". Dhahabu. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. ↑ "KSh 9 Billion Census Funds Unaccounted for, Auditor General Nancy Gathungu Discloses". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.


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