Vehicles transported across the Likoni ferry channel are not weighed as required, eliciting concerns about the safety of the over 360,000 people using the facility daily.
An audit has revealed the toll collectors rely on information provided by drivers regarding the state of the load in the vehicles – about 6,000 daily.
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu revealed the anomaly in her review of the Kenya Ferry Services books of account for the year ending June 2019.
An audit inspection, she said, revealed the weighbridges put in place for the job were not in use, despite being installed at over Sh26.8 million.
“There was no evidence that all motor vehicles carrying cargo are inspected to confirm the state of load carriage before payment is made,” she said in a report tabled in Parliament.
Loaded motor vehicles are charged at different rates from empty ones, with Gathungu casting doubt on the Sh549 million collected by KFS in the year under review.
“An inspection revealed that although the weighbridges were integrated with the revenue system on both sides of the channel, they were not in use as KFS does not use them to charge for use of ferry by motor vehicles,” the auditor said.
Kenya Ferry management indicated the weighbridges were installed as a control measure to enhance safety by estimating the weight of motor vehicles boarding ferries at the channel.
An audit has revealed the toll collectors rely on information provided by drivers regarding the state of the load in the vehicles – about 6,000 daily.
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu revealed the anomaly in her review of the Kenya Ferry Services books of account for the year ending June 2019.
An audit inspection, she said, revealed the weighbridges put in place for the job were not in use, despite being installed at over Sh26.8 million.
“There was no evidence that all motor vehicles carrying cargo are inspected to confirm the state of load carriage before payment is made,” she said in a report tabled in Parliament.
Loaded motor vehicles are charged at different rates from empty ones, with Gathungu casting doubt on the Sh549 million collected by KFS in the year under review.
“An inspection revealed that although the weighbridges were integrated with the revenue system on both sides of the channel, they were not in use as KFS does not use them to charge for use of ferry by motor vehicles,” the auditor said.
Kenya Ferry management indicated the weighbridges were installed as a control measure to enhance safety by estimating the weight of motor vehicles boarding ferries at the channel.
