Thursday, 12 June, 2025
Audit Committee engages petroleum training fund on pending audit queries
Tuesday, June 10, 2025Parliament Buildings
The National Assembly Special Funds Accounts Committee engaged with officials from the State Department for Petroleum to examine the Auditor-General’s reports on the Petroleum Training Fund for the financial years 2018/2019 to 2022/2023.
The Committee, chaired by Hon. Fatuma Zainab (Migori) sought clarity on pending audit issues, particularly surrounding the recovery of outstanding levies owed by contractors operating under Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs).
According to the Principal Secretary, Mohamed Liban, the Fund has over Kshs 3.6 billion in unpaid contributions from contractors, which have remained outstanding for over two years.
Legislators were informed that efforts to recover the pending amounts are ongoing through various approaches, including writing to parent companies, engaging debt collectors and gazetting the debts.
The Petroleum Training Fund was established to build Kenya’s local capacity in the petroleum sector by financing specialized training for both staff and non-staff, including support personnel such as drivers and security officers.
The Committee welcomed the Ministry’s cooperation and scheduled follow-up engagements to track progress on the outstanding matters, including confirmation on interest charges and updated recovery measures.