The National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised concerns over pending bills amounting to Ksh14.53 billion in the Executive Office of the President.

According to a statement by the Parliament of Kenya on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, the committee directed officials to provide additional documentation to address audit queries flagged by the Auditor-General.

Appearing before the committee, Principal Administrative Secretary in the Executive Office of the President, Arthur Osiya, responded to issues raised in the Auditor-General’s report for the 2023/2024 financial year.

The committee, chaired by Butere MP Tindi Mwale, scrutinised the Office’s accounts after the audit report revealed that financial statements reflected pending bills totalling Ksh14.53 billion that remained unpaid during the year under review and were carried forward to the 2024/2025 financial year.

Effect of previous bills

According to the Auditor-General, failure to settle the bills within the financial year they relate to could negatively affect the implementation of subsequent budgets.

“Failure to settle bills in the year to which they relate adversely affects the implementation of the subsequent year’s budgeted programmes, as the outstanding bills form a first charge on that year’s budget provision,” the report states in part.

In his response, Osiya acknowledged that the pending bills stood at Ksh14,528,324,070.

He explained that Ksh14,142,182,553 of the amount comprised historical bills inherited from the defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), while Ksh386,141,517 related to the Office of the President headquarters for the 2023/2024 financial year.

“On the historical pending bills relating to NMS, the Office has since submitted them to the Pending Bills Verification Committee under the National Treasury for review,” Osiya told the committee.

However, members of the committee expressed dissatisfaction with the responses provided, noting that the Executive Office of the President had not furnished sufficient supporting documents to adequately address some of the audit concerns.

The lawmakers pressed officials for further clarification on the outstanding liabilities and the measures being taken to resolve them.

Mwale subsequently directed Osiya to submit additional documentation to support the Office’s responses and enable the committee to conduct a more comprehensive examination of the issues raised by the Auditor-General.