A Kenyan parliamentary committee is scrutinizing the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications over the expenditure of nearly Ksh500 million on government advertisements. The controversy stems from a recent Auditor-General's report flagging payments made through the Government Advertising Agency (GAA), with lawmakers demanding verifiable records.

• The Auditor-General's report for the financial year ending June 2023 flagged Ksh495,389,974 spent on advertising, printing, and information supply services.
• The National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Butere MP Tindi Mwale, questioned the GAA’s failure to provide circulation figures for the MyGov pullout.
• Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe alleged payments were made to The People Daily even after it stopped printing, while Broadcasting and Telecommunications PS Stephen Isaboke defended the transactions as being under valid past contracts.