Audit Quality Assurance Workshop-mandatory training

THE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF KENYA
(Established under the Accountants Act, Laws of Kenya)

Audit Quality Assurance Workshop – Mandatory Training
Date: 22nd-23rd July 2026
Time: 9.00am-3.30pm daily
Delivery Mode: Virtual

Theme: Strengthening Audit Quality for Public Trust & Professional Excellence

(This is one of the mandatory training courses for Practicing Certificate consideration)

Overview

Audit Quality Assurance remains the cornerstone of public confidence in financial reporting and the credibility of the accounting profession. In Kenya, auditors operate within an increasingly demanding environment characterized by heightened regulatory oversight, frequent quality inspections, complex reporting frameworks, expanded stakeholder expectations, and growing exposure to litigation and reputational risk. These realities place audit quality not just as a technical requirement, but as a strategic professional imperative.

Despite significant regulatory progress and the adoption of international auditing and quality management standards, inspection findings and practice reviews continue to reveal persistent gaps in key areas such as audit planning, risk assessment, documentation quality, use of professional judgment, audit evidence, ethical compliance, and firm-level quality management systems. Many practitioners still grapple with balancing commercial pressures, client expectations, independence requirements, and the need for consistent, high-quality audit execution.

In the Kenyan context, auditors must also contend with complex public sector engagements, evolving corporate governance standards, procurement-driven audit risks, and weak internal control environments in some institutions. These dynamics heighten exposure to audit failure, fraud risk, and regulatory sanctions—underscoring the urgent need for continuous professional upskilling focused on practical audit quality assurance.

This 2-Day Virtual Audit Quality Assurance Symposium is therefore designed as a focused, practical, and capacity-building forum to strengthen the foundations of audit quality in Kenya. It will address the entire audit quality value chain—from engagement acceptance, planning, and risk assessment to execution, reporting, ethics, and firm-wide quality management. The symposium will also emphasize regulatory expectations, inspection readiness, and proactive quality control as essential components of sustainable audit practice.

Through practitioner-led discussions, regulatory insights, case studies, and experience-sharing, participants will be equipped with practical tools, renewed professional judgment, and structured quality assurance approaches to enhance consistency, reduce audit failure risk, and reinforce compliance with international standards. Ultimately, the symposium seeks to reposition audit quality as a professional culture—not merely a compliance obligation—anchored in integrity, competence, and accountability.

1. Audit Quality as a Professional Culture

• Positioning audit quality beyond compliance into a firm-wide culture anchored on integrity, objectivity, and public interest responsibility.

2. Risk-Based Audit Planning & Professional Judgment

• Strengthening auditors’ capacity to conduct robust risk assessments, exercise sound professional judgment, and design responsive audit strategies in complex and high-risk environments.

3. Audit Execution, Evidence & Documentation Excellence

• Enhancing the quality of audit testing, audit evidence sufficiency, and documentation standards to meet regulatory inspection expectations and withstand legal and professional scrutiny.

4. Ethics, Independence & Managing Commercial Pressures

• Reinforcing ethical compliance, independence safeguards, and conflict management amidst client pressure, competition, advocacy threats, and economic constraints.

5. Firm-Level Quality Management Systems (ISQM 1 & 2)

• Practical implementation of Quality Management Systems at the firm and engagement partner level, focusing on leadership responsibility, engagement quality reviews, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

6. Regulatory Expectations, Inspections & Practice Review Readiness

• Preparing practitioners for ICPAK and external regulator inspections through proactive quality controls, common inspection findings, remediation strategies, and sustainable compliance approaches.

Target Audience 

The virtual symposium is not limited to accountancy only, staff from other units are highly encouraged to attend.

 Continuous Professional Development Units (CPD UNITS):

Members of ICPAK and reciprocating professional bodies will be awarded 10 Structured CPD Units upon successful completion of the virtual symposium.

Financial Commitment

The symposium charges are Kshs. 10,000. Charges will cater for online video access fees, learning materials, and e-certificates of attendance.

Online Booking

Registration: Delegates are reminded to note that online booking for the workshop is mandatory on https://www.icpak.com/event-registration/Online Booking .We call on interested participants to note that booking for the event is available online at www.icpak.com  and will close two hours before the training session.

National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) Reimbursement

The Institute is registered as a trainer with National Industrial Training Authority. The Institute’s registration number is DIT/TRN/47. Participants who are registered levy contributors should apply to NITA for reimbursement of their fees. Please note that this is applicable for Kenyan citizens only and subject to NITA regulations. Remember that to qualify you should apply to NITA for approval prior to the date of the conference. Further details can be obtained from their website (www.nita.go.ke)

Further requests can be channeled to us via telephone calls on +254 719 074 000, or via email to marketing@icpak.com