Senators now clear Governor Hassan Joho over audit queries

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho makes his point to the Senate Committee of Public Accounts and Investment at Parliament Buildings Nairobi. PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD

NAIROBI: Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho earned rare praise from a Senate watchdog committee after successfully defending audit queries raised against his administration running into hundreds of millions for the 2013/2014 financial year.

Mr Joho, who only two weeks ago faced the wrath of the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee, for failing to produce documents to the Auditor General in good time to facilitate clearance of audit queries, appeared to win over the legislators after all his audit queries were marked as cleared by the auditors.