Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has made serious claims about a large financial scandal involving nearly 20 billion shillings. She says the National Treasury may have misused KSh 19,994,321,495 and tried to cover it up by recording it as salary payments to constitutional offices.
According to her, this is highly suspicious because there were no new constitutional offices created in January 2025, and no changes were made to the salaries of the existing offices. The money should not have been spent in the way the Treasury claims.
Wamuchomba is basing her claims on a report from the Auditor General. The report seems to show that these funds were moved from the Consolidated Fund but without proper explanation or documentation. Normally, constitutional officeholders are paid directly from the Consolidated Fund, and any change in that arrangement would be visible and explained in official records.
However, this nearly 20 billion shilling expenditure is not supported by any new salary changes or office expansions. This makes the entire transaction look very suspicious.
She has warned that the money paid out cannot be properly tracked or accounted for, which raises the strong possibility of fraud. Her questions are direct and pointed. First, she wants to know where the billions went. Second, she is asking whether there were any real salary increases.
She demanded to know who actually received or benefited from the money. These questions, she says, must be answered clearly and quickly if the government wants to regain public trust. Wamuchomba, who was recently removed from her leadership role in the parliamentary oversight committee, did not shy away from making her concerns public. She said the country needs lawmakers who are not just present in Parliament but are also sharp enough to analyze government spending deeply. She pointed to this scandal as part of a larger problem within government institutions, where transparency and accountability are being ignored.
Her statements have added pressure on the National Treasury to explain how such a huge amount of money was moved and who approved it. The silence or vague explanations from top officials could only raise public anger. With a growing number of Kenyans already frustrated by the rising cost of living and government mismanagement, this latest scandal could cause further calls for investigations.
Wamuchomba’s challenge to Parliament is clear. She wants leaders to rise above party politics and start asking tough questions about how public money is being used.
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