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Fat wages take biggest chunk of counties cash

Council of Governors Chairman Wycliffe Oparanya. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Counties continued to openly disregard laws governing their spending by going over prescribed limits, a new report shows.

The report by the Controller of Budget (CoB) has revealed how hefty amounts are paid as wages and allowances, while critical projects that could greatly uplift lives of Kenyans are starved off funds.

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