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Over Sh40b lie idle as counties fail to spend on development

Over Sh40b lie idle as counties fail to spend on development
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich.

County governments are awash with more than Sh40 billion that was never spent during the just concluded 2013/2014 financial year.

This comes even as concerns rise over the persistent under-utilisation of development funds and extravagant spending by Members of the County Assembly (MCAs).

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