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The INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)’s SAI Young Leaders Awards celebrate and recognize innovation, collaboration and transformation brought by young leaders through their change strategy projects from the SAI Young Leaders Initiative. The SAI Young Leaders Initiative aims to support young leaders from SAIs to implement a change strategy to bring real and positive shifts in the SAI. 

The Kimi Makwetu Award was presented to AFROSAI-E by the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) at the XXV INCOSAI in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The INTOSAI Kimi Makuetu Award spotlights the best of capacity building in the INTOSAI community, and honors institutions that demonstrate outstanding commitment to strengthening the skills, systems, and sustainability of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) worldwide.

During INCOSAI XXV, deliberations focused on the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of public sector auditing. Delegates from Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) around the world convened to examine the opportunities of a technological development that can have far-reaching implications for accountability, governance, and public trust.

Ms. Nancy Gathungu was sworn in as the Auditor General of the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Kenya on July 17, 2020. She succeeds Mr. Edward Ouko and will serve a non-renewable 8-year term. Prior to her appointment as Auditor General, Ms. Gathungu served as SAI Kenya’s Director of Quality Assurance and as Chief Internal Auditor at…