Audit of USAID Kenya’s Efforts to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Its Project Portfolio

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF USAID/KENYA’S EFFORTS TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN ITS PROJECT PORTFOLIO AUDIT REPORT NO. 4-615-10-008-P September 29, 2010 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA Office of Inspector General September 29, 2010 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Kenya, Mission Director, Erna Kerst FROM: Regional Inspector General/Pretoria, Christine M. Byrne, CPA /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Kenya’s Efforts to Mitigate Environmental Impact in Its Project Portfolio (Report No. 4-615-10-008-P) This memorandum transmits our report on the subject audit. The report includes 13 recommendations to strengthen USAID/Kenya’s efforts to mitigate environmental impact. In finalizing the report, we carefully considered your comments on the draft report and have included those comments (without attachments) in Appendix II. The Regional Inspector General has reviewed the mission’s comments and supporting documentation and determined that management decisions have been reached on all recommendations except Recommendation 8, and that final action has been taken on Recommendation 10. Please provide the Audit Performance and Compliance Division in the USAID Office of the Chief Financial Officer (M/CFO/APC) with the necessary documentation to achieve final action on Recommendations 1–7, 9, 11, 12, and 13. Recommendation 8 remains without a management ...