MPs direct IEBC to submit details of Ksh3.7B pending bills
By Emmanuel Rono, June 30, 2026The National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to submit a comprehensive breakdown of its pending bills, including billions of shillings owed to law firms, following concerns raised in the Auditor-General’s report.
The directive was issued on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, when senior IEBC officials appeared before the committee to respond to audit queries contained in the Auditor-General’s report for the 2023/2024 financial year.
The officials who appeared before the committee included Acting Chief Executive Officer Moses Sunkuli and Commissioners Mary Sorobit, Prof. Francis Aduol and Alutala Mukhwana.
“The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Hon. Tindi Mwale (Butere), has directed the management of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to provide details of all its pending bills. The directive was issued when top IEBC officials appeared before the Committee to respond to queries raised in the Auditor-General’s report for the 2023/2024 financial year,” a statement by the Parliament of Kenya read.
Inside the Auditor- General report
According to the Auditor-General’s report, the electoral commission has pending bills amounting to Ksh3.77 billion, comprising Ksh2.66 billion in legal fees and Ksh1.11 billion for goods and services. Of the total, Ksh173.26 million was incurred during the financial year under review.
Members of the committee questioned the size of the legal bills, with some expressing concern that the amounts paid to lawyers could have been inflated.
Demands by the committee
Committee Chairperson Tindi Mwale directed the commission to furnish Parliament with a detailed report showing all outstanding liabilities, including the names of the law firms owed money and the specific amounts payable to each.
“As a Committee, we want details of all the pending bills, including the names of the law firms and the amounts owed to them. We will scrutinise the report and establish whether Kenyans received value for money,” Mwale said.
Sunkuli assured the Committee that the Commission would compile the required information and submit the report within two months.