•Wamatangi said questioning the government's expenditure is crucial and appropriate.
•Duale said it was time for those involved to account for the money spent on promoting the BBI process.
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Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi has supported the sentiments of the Garissa Township MP Aden Duale on BBI expenditures.
In an interview on Citizen TV on Thursday, he said questioning the government's expenditure is crucial and appropriate.
“I do not think Aden Duale’s proposal and demands were out of place. It is the work of the legislature to ask for that kind of audit to be undertaken,” Wamatangi said.
“It is not intended to be the will of any individual. At the base level, ensure that the money that was spent in that exercise went into the reported expenses and the number tally. I believe it is something that should happen.”
In a statement after the Supreme Court declared the process unconstitutional, Duale said it was time for those involved to account for the money spent on promoting the BBI process.
"Now that the Supreme Court has put the final nail on the BBI Bill, we must ask the difficult ensuing questions relating to the whole process," he said.
"One of which is that huge amounts of public funds and resources totalling an estimated Sh20 billion were used on the BBI process which illegality now stinks to the highest heavens."
He said the Auditor general should also confirm whether public funds were allocated to the entities and how it was spent.
"Article 201(d) and (e) of the Constitution provides that public money shall be used in a prudent and responsible way and financial management shall be responsible, and fiscal reporting shall be clear," Duale said.
Wamatangi said a rule should be set on public auditing so that monies are used properly and hence numbers tally.
“There should be an audit to ensure money is placed properly, legally, and the number tallies because there are people who might have taken advantage,” Wamatangi said.
He claimed that public officers are taking advantage of their positions to pocket public funds.
“People can be stealing money when the country is still suffering, people are dying and the whole world was in a panic," Wamatangi said.
"When the opportunity come people were called to save lives, they chose to enrich themselves by stealing.
Kenya Kwanza Alliance said they would move a motion in Parliament compelling the Auditor General to investigate the public funds used in the BBI process.
Kenya Kwanza allied MPs asked the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit on the BBI bill, claiming that the Kenyan money used in its campaigns and planning was unconstitutional.