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The World Bank has recommended that Kenya raise excise taxes on select goods, including alcohol, tobacco and sugary drinks, to generate revenue for se...
Prof Fred Ogolla condemned government borrowing for consumption and prestige projects, which increase debt servicing costs and leave less funding for...
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...
Nyakang’o said leaving unpaid bills outside the legal definition of public debt has allowed counties to accumulate dues uncontrollably, threatening pr...
Edward Ouko, a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, previously served as Auditor General, where he was widely recognised...
Nairobi’s arrears stood at Sh121.78 billion as of June 30, 2024, with Sh121.26 billion linked to the County Executive and Sh513.92 million owed by th...
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 her report, Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o warned that such spending is excessive, unnecessary, and diverts resources from essential infra...
During a session on Tuesday, the National Assembly Committee on Implementation criticised the ministry for awarding contracts without securing adequat...
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...
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...
The President said hospitals opposing verification are essentially trying to protect corrupt practices.
Data from the National Treasury shows outstanding pending bills by the national government rose to Sh525.9 billion at the end of June, up from Sh421.6...
Speaking at the devolution conference in Homa Bay, Mbadi said the surge in pension debt owed by counties, which has increased from Sh23.3 billion to o...
Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) said the government had failed to honour President William Ruto’s March 5 directive to...
Nairobi County was found to have the highest legal bill, owing Sh6.2 billion to just four advocates, a figure that makes up 29 per cent of its Sh21.4...
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) said the revival of the road construction sector was having a positive effect on manufacturers who had su...
The tender, which has since been cancelled without explanation, was limited to Chinese contractors or consortia led by Chinese firms, sparking accusat...
CBK Governor Dr Kamau Thugge said the reforms will curb this form of abuse by tying approved requisitions to actual payments, thereby blocking discret...
CS Chirchir defended the practice, stating that KeNHA relies on service providers contracted under a Performance-Based Contract (PBC) model, who suppl...
In a report recently tabled in the Senate, the committee calls for an amendment to the law to introduce both a minimum and a maximum number of chief o...
Council of Governors (CoG) chairperson Ahmed Abdullahi said unpaid bills had reached Sh172.51 billion by the end of the financial year, with Nairobi C...
In her latest report covering the first nine months of the 2024/25 financial year, Nyakang'o reveals that the national government is responsible for S...
According to CoB data, total penalties rose from Sh12.07 billion in December, with KeRRA recording the largest increase—its interest and penalties gre...
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said it is closely monitoring county transactions and will take legal action against any public offic...
Senators, particularly, flagged Tharaka Nithi and Garissa counties, where long-overdue bills remain unsettled, despite repeated calls for accountabili...
According to the Controller of Budget (CoB) Margaret Nyakang’o, some counties continue to struggle with implementing agreed repayment plans.
