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Asset registers for the Kenyan public sector

Public entities in Kenya operate under a specific statutory and administrative framework for managing fixed assets, and it is worth understanding the outline before you procure a tagging exercise. Sections 67 to 74 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 place responsibility for proper financial management, including asset management, on the designated accounting officer of each entity. That responsibility does not transfer to a supplier; a tagging contractor supports the accounting officer's obligation, it does not discharge it.

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Asset registers for the Kenyan public sector

Public entities in Kenya operate under a specific statutory and administrative framework for managing fixed assets, and it is worth understanding the outline before you procure a tagging exercise. Sections 67 to 74 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 place responsibility for proper financial management, including asset management, on the designated accounting officer of each entity. That responsibility does not transfer to a supplier; a tagging contractor supports the accounting officer's obligation, it does not discharge it.

The National Treasury's General Guidelines on Asset and Liability Management in the Public Sector, issued in March 2020, work toward consolidated national fixed assets and liabilities registers across government. Treasury Circular No. 5 of 2020 addresses the preparation of those registers directly, and entities that report under International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) carry the associated record-keeping requirements, consistent asset identification, cost or valuation data, and a basis for periodic verification.

We describe this framework here so you can brief us accurately and check our work against it. We are not a legal or audit authority on the PFMA or Treasury circulars, and where your entity has a specific interpretation issue, that is a matter for your accounting officer, internal audit or legal adviser.

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What this means in practice

In most public entities we work with, the accounting officer or an internal audit finding is what triggers the tagging exercise, usually because an audit has flagged assets that cannot be traced to a register line, or a register line that cannot be traced to a physical asset. Our role is to close that gap: give every asset a unique, durable, tamper-evident identifier and produce a register that reconciles to it.

We do not draft your accounting policies or valuation basis. We do build the physical identification layer and, where instructed, the register structure, in a form your auditor can test against your entries.

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What auditors typically raise

These are the findings we see most often when we are called in after an audit, rather than before one.

  • Assets physically present on site with no corresponding register entry
  • Register entries for assets that no longer exist or cannot be located
  • Missing acquisition cost or acquisition date against register lines
  • Assets recorded as group entries ("20 office chairs") instead of individually identified
  • No unique identifier linking a specific asset to a specific register line
  • No evidence of periodic physical verification since the last audit
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How we structure a public sector engagement

The exact scope depends on your procurement route and existing register condition, but the sequence is consistent.

  1. 1

    Scoping and quotation

    We agree asset count, locations and register condition, and issue a written quotation, including any travel costs itemised in full where the site is outside Nairobi.

  2. 2

    Physical verification

    Our team visits site, checks assets against any existing register, and records condition, location and identifying detail for every item found.

  3. 3

    Tagging

    Each verified asset receives a unique, durable tag manufactured to suit its surface and environment, cross-referenced to its register entry.

  4. 4

    Register reconciliation

    We produce a reconciled register showing matched assets, exceptions, and any assets on the old register that could not be located.

  5. 5

    Handover

    You receive the reconciled register in your required format, ready for internal audit or external audit review.

Buyer questions

Questions about asset registers for the kenyan public sector

No. Sections 67–74 of the PFMA place the obligation on your accounting officer, not on any named supplier. You are free to procure tagging services from any qualified contractor through your normal procurement process; we simply need to meet your tender requirements.

see our compliance documentation for tenders

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