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The committee recommends sanctions and surcharges for accounting officers who fail to recover outstanding imprests.
Despite this effort, the allocated amount represents just 1.03 per cent of Nairobi's total pending bills, which stand at Sh121.06 billion, the highest...
With billions still owed and time running out, it's unclear how county governments will manage this escalating financial crisis.
In Tharaka Nithi, the committee has called for an investigation into unpaid bills totalling Sh439.32 million.
He dismissed claims that his meetings were politically motivated, stressing that such platforms should be used for the advancement of development and...
Kenya Railways is one of the worst offenders, with 1,261 ghost workers listed on the payroll despite only 2,026 out of 3,287 listed employees actually...
The suspension comes as the Treasury works on transitioning the scheme to a new public-private venture, the Kenya Credit Guarantee Scheme Company (KCG...
Nakuru now boasts a nominal Gross County Product (GCP) of Sh785.75 billion as of 2023, compared to Sh760.8 billion of Kiambu.
In the same rankings, Nairobi County, the country’s economic hub, posted the fifth-highest growth at 6.1 per cent, largely supported by an expanding f...
The low spending is mainly due to delays in the disbursement of funds by the Treasury, coupled with the effects of budget rationalisation under the Su...
The CS said that the total pending bills, currently estimated at Sh663 billion, could potentially decrease to around Sh450 billion after a full verifi...
In particular, Kisii County has Sh3.46 billion sitting unused in its CRF account, with only about Sh6.8 million in its development fund.
The county leaders pointed to discrepancies in the newly upgraded payroll system, which have led to delays in the disbursement of December salaries.
The debt, which has accumulated due to delayed payments from counties, has strained KEMSA's revolving fund model.
The request follows the latest report by the CoB, which highlights the alarming scale of unpaid bills within county governments.
Despite the clear directives, a new report indicates that counties are still in breach of these requirements.
Key resolutions from the meeting include fast-tracking the transfer and gazettement of devolved functions agreed upon by the national and county gover...
Governance experts are concerned that the borrowing, combined with the delays, could lead to serious financial strains on the county governments.
The law mandates counties to allocate at least 30 per cent of their budgets to development expenditures.
After a lengthy back-and-forth, the two Houses agreed to allocate Sh387.42 billion, an increase of Sh2 billion from the Sh385 billion allocated in the...
