Mr Geoffrey Mosiria will have to explain how casual employees at Pumwani Maternity Hospital were paid Ksh. 3,473,600 and Ksh. 12,735,262 against budgetary allocations of only Ksh. 600,000 and Ksh. 10,000,000 resulting in the over-expenditure of Ksh. 2,873,600 or 478% and Ksh. 2,735,262 or 27% respectively. The over-expenditures contravened Regulation 53(1) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015 which prohibits the unauthorized use of funds other than for the purposes specified in the approved budget
By The Weekly Vision
The Nairobi City County Chief Officer for Health Facilities Mr Geoffrey Mosiria’s dirty past at Pumwani Maternity Hospital has come back to haunt him. Mr Mosiria was the hospital’s administrator following his appointment by then-governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko. Investigations now reveal that during his tenure as the hospital’s administrator, queries were raised over the Over-Expenditure on Board Expenses and Casual Workers at Pumwani Maternity Hospital.
Pressure is now mounting on him to explain how casual employees at Pumwani Maternity Hospital were paid Ksh. 3,473,600 and Ksh. 12,735,262 against budgetary allocations of only Ksh. 600,000 and Ksh. 10,000,000 resulting in the over-expenditure of Ksh. 2,873,600 or 478% and Ksh. 2,735,262 or 27% respectively. The over-expenditures contravened Regulation 53(1) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015 which prohibits the unauthorized use of funds other than for the purposes specified in the approved budget.
Mr Mosiria is also at pains to explain the circumstances under which the hospital hired casuals without following laid procedures. Investigations reveal that staffing records indicated that the hospital hired one hundred and twenty-three (123) casual employees and paid them emoluments totalling Ksh.12,735,262. However, contrary to Section 37 of the Employment Act, 2007, some of the casuals were retained for continuous periods lasting for more than three months without contracts.
