Report shows absorption of development funds still poor

From left: Nakuru Assembly Majority leader Moses Ndung’u, Budget and Appropriation Committee chair Joel Karuri and vice chair Anthony Rotich at the chambers before debate on the Sh19.8 billion budget for the 2020/2021 financial year on August 19. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

The budget implementation review report by the Controller of Budget has indicted counties for failure to absorb their budgets, especially for development projects.

However, owing to a multiplicity of factors, some of the counties set to gain millions of shillings once the controversial revenue formula is passed are struggling to absorb the billions they have been allocated especially on development.