New move to cut MCAs billions foreign trips

Chairman Commission for Revenue Allocation Micah Cheserem. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: The unbridled and wasteful expenditure of billions by county officials on overseas travel could be curtailed as pressure mounts on the Senate to initiate measures to control such trips. The renewed effort to rein in globe-trotting governors and MCAs gained momentum last week after The Standard revealed that some county chiefs were on a spending spree to clear rather than transfer unspent billions to the next financial year which begins Tuesday.

Part of the unspent Sh182 billion included provisions for overseas travel, which at the beginning of the financial year 2013-2014 was curtailed to Sh8 billion.