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Counties perform dismally in local revenue collection

Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo. Photo: Boniface Okendo, Standard

Counties may have closed the 2016-2017 financial year with high pending bills after failing to collect even half of the local revenue targets in the first nine months of the year.

The latest report by the Controller of Budget shows that counties have a long way to go in reducing reliance on national government funds.

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