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Why Nairobi city’s Sh35b budget could be nullified

The Nairobi City County Government’s Sh35.9 billion 2017-2018 budget was unprocedurally passed and risks being nullified, it has emerged. County Assembly officials now say the approval process must be repeated.

The county treasury published the Appropriations Bill, which is meant to authorise expenditure, before MCAs approved the budget estimates. This violated the Public Finance Management Act.

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