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According to Nyakang’o, some counties are paying bills that have not been approved, resulting in a delay in settling the legitimate pending bills that...
The audit reveals that these cancellations, which largely took place towards the end of the financial year in June 2024, are partly due to delayed dis...
Operation Linda Jamii wants the High Court to compel the government to prioritise payment of bills accumulated from June 2005 to June 2022, citing har...
The group argues that the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) dated February 12, 2025, lacks transparency and fails to demonstrate good faith regarding how...
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has previously warned Parliament that delays in settling pending bills distort government financial statements and affe...
The issue of unpaid debts has long been a challenge for both local and foreign contractors, with some owed billions of shillings for work completed as...
Nyakang’o emphasised that her office would enforce measures to ensure government institutions work towards achieving a wage bill to revenue ratio of 3...
Suppliers and contractors continue bearing the brunt of the financial uncertainty, facing liquidity challenges and the looming threat of business clos...
Only seven counties — West Pokot, Taita Taveta, Nairobi, Mandera, Lamu, Kitui, and Embu fully adhered to their approved budgets.
The Ouko-led committee is also mandated to establish clear criteria for verifying pending bills and identifying fraudulent claims, corruption, or fals...
Last year, the Controller of Budget released a report that revealed Garissa and Turkana counties have the fastest-growing unpaid bills to contractors...
The mounting pending bills, compounded by the high cost of borrowing, have caused a severe cash flow crisis for private firms, particularly MSMEs.
The extension follows revelations that the taskforce, chaired by former Auditor General Edward Ouko, has cleared pending bills amounting to Sh206 bill...
The committee recommended immediate payment of all valid pending bills after the auditor general had reviewed them.
The Third Session saw MPs enact just 34.6 per cent of the Bills introduced, a decline compared to the 26 Bills passed in the corresponding session of...
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.
The CS said that the total pending bills, currently estimated at Sh663 billion, could potentially decrease to around Sh450 billion after a full verifi...
