Margaret Nyakang'o Stories
The reform introduces a new layer of oversight over county finances, allowing the budget controller to track cash movements and flag questionable acti...
Nyakang'o noted that while facility improvement funds helped offset some shortfalls, overreliance on health revenues leaves counties vulnerable to fis...
The disbursement follows the approval of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2025, which outlines how Sh415 billion of national revenue will be dis...
Nairobi alone owes Sh62.38 billion in long-standing bills. Yet, in the past year, City Hall piled on Sh12.6 billion in fresh arrears, compounding the...
Several counties exceeded their annual revenue targets, with Kisii collecting Sh982 million (178 per cent), Mandera and Wajir at 123 per cent, and Kir...
Nyakang’o said the arrears, which include billions owed in land rates, house rent and health fund contributions, risk crippling devolved functions if...
Nyakang’o said leaving unpaid bills outside the legal definition of public debt has allowed counties to accumulate dues uncontrollably, threatening pr...
Nyakang’o said the persistent neglect of these streams has left most counties vulnerable to salary delays and service disruptions whenever Treasury di...
The report by Margaret Nyakang’o shows that Sh14.22 billion went to domestic travel, while another Sh2.01 billion was used on international trips.
The wage bill continues to strain devolved units. Counties spent Sh220.6 billion on salaries and allowances in the year, a rise from Sh209.8 billion t...
The figures point to an imbalance in county spending, with Sh346.98 billion, or 74 per cent of the overall Sh470.74 billion used for recurrent expendi...
The review for the financial year ending June 30, 2025, reveals that counties fell short of their own-source revenue (OSR) targets by 23 per cent, lea...
She added that the correction will be reflected in a revised edition of the Annual CGBIRR for 2024/25 to “maintain the integrity and accuracy of the p...
CoB Margaret Nyakang’o highlighted that heavy dependence on hospitals, which make up a large portion of revenue, coupled with arrears of Sh124.95 bill...
The report reveals that the health sector took the largest share of wages, absorbing 44 per cent of the total employee costs, nearly Sh97 billion.
While most counties struggle, Nairobi has managed to reduce its pending bills by Sh36.78 billion, bringing the total to Sh86.77 billion. Mombasa’s unp...
In several counties, wages swallow more than half of all income, leaving minimal funding for service delivery and development.
In her report, Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o warned that such spending is excessive, unnecessary, and diverts resources from essential infra...
Nyakang'o warned that the proliferation of multiple commercial bank accounts, especially without required approvals, leaves public funds highly vulner...
Launched in 2022, the initiative is split into two major projects: a Sh200 billion programme under the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and a Sh300 billion...
The dispute dates back to a Nakuru High Court decision in April 2025, which stopped the Controller of Budget (CoB) from approving bursary withdrawals.
The CoB report concedes with a petition filed in the National Assembly by a lobby group requesting an audit of the department’s public fund utilisatio...
So far, many procuring entities have been unable to upload their budgets and procurement plans, stalling procurement across ministries and agencies.
The latest national budget review report by the Office of the Controller of Budget reveals that as of June 30, 2025, Kenya’s total public debt stood a...
The most expensive single trip was a 15-day mission by 40 officials from the State Department for Labour and Skills Development to attend the Internat...
The Ministry of Roads and Transport is the largest contributor to the accumulated fines, with penalties totalling Sh21.3 billion on top of its pending...
The State Department for Basic Education’s countrywide initiative to construct junior secondary classrooms and integrated resource centres has also se...
This reliance has forced the National Treasury to roll over obligations repeatedly, creating a cycle where new borrowing is primarily used to pay off...
CoB Margaret Nyakang’o said the unpaid bills are causing “liquidity challenges, potential business closures, job losses, and increased government expe...
Figures released by the Controller of Budget (CoB) show that fines and interest linked to pending bills increased to Sh25.28 billion from Sh21.58 bill...
