Counties in a spot as wage bill rises by Sh12b in nine months

Majority of the 47 counties are still struggling with ballooning wage bill, a new report by the Controller of Budget has revealed.

So dire is the situation that the wage bill increased by about Sh12.5 billion in the first nine months of the 2018/19 financial year, with the counties splashing Sh120 billion to offset wage. In a similar period in 2017/18, counties spent Sh108 billion on wage bill.