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Treasury CS Mbadi proposes new budgeting system to clear Sh600bn pending bills
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 10, 2025

The CS said that the total pending bills, currently estimated at Sh663 billion, could potentially decrease to around Sh450 billion after a full verifi...

Sh48.5 billion lying idle in county funds CBK account despite cash crunch in devolved governments
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 10, 2025

In particular, Kisii County has Sh3.46 billion sitting unused in its CRF account, with only about Sh6.8 million in its development fund.

KeNHA, Kerra, Ketraco top list of parastatals with billions in pending bills
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 29, 2024

State agencies in the Ministry of Roads and Transport are the largest contributors to the pending bills crisis, with debts totalling Sh173.7 billion.

World Bank cuts Kenya's 2024 growth estimate to 4.7 per cent on fiscal challenges
Reuters  |  Dec 10, 2024

Kenya has managed to stabilise its foreign exchange rate, boost hard currency reserves held by the Central Bank and lower inflation this year.

Counties under pressure to clear Sh168 billion pending bills, Nairobi leads defaulters
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2024

The Controller of Budget (CoB) Margaret Nyakang'o has raised concerns over the ballooning debts and urged counties to prioritise the settlement of pen...

Mbadi says state to review taxes on salaries to ease burden on workers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 04, 2024

The CS said that taxes currently take up 8 per cent of employees' salaries, a burden that many find excessive.

Counties' debt mounts as Auditor-General warns on unrealistic budgets, ballooning pending bills
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2024

This financial strain comes as counties grapple with outstanding debts to contractors and suppliers, amounting to at least Sh156.3 billion due to over...

Mbadi vows to criminalise failure to pay pending bills
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 03, 2024

"But above all, I will make sure that we have a system in place that locks anyone who attempts to pay a new bill while ignoring an old one," Mbadi exp...

Headache as Sh165 billion bills haunt Ruto’s administration
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 11, 2024

Murkomen told the Senators it was high time the true state of the country's road situation was revealed in the spirit of the ongoing national conversa...

Isiolo flagged for operating 13 accounts outside Central Bank
Waweru Wairimu  |  Jul 08, 2024

Regulations require that county government bank accounts be opened and maintained at the Central Bank of Kenya, except for imprest accounts for petty...

Sakaja calls on Senate to probe into NMS's Sh15 billion pending bills
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 05, 2024

This was after it emerged that some garbage collection contractors had stopped working due to delayed payments by the county governments.

Controller of Budget rejects Sh58bn in spending requests by Ruto administration
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 03, 2024

CoB is yet to approve Sh700 million spent in the construction of a modern presidential dais at State House. The CoB also did not approve the Sh400 mil...

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