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Report: County spent Sh18m on ghost projects

Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati during an interview in his office. [Raphael Wanjala/Standard]

Auditor General Edward Ouko has revealed that the county government made payments amounting to millions of shillings for ghost projects.

A report released by Mr Ouko showed that the county government initiated three projects in the Financial Year 2017/2018 totalling Sh18.3 million, but physical verification indicated nothing was delivered.

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