Machakos MCAs award themselves Sh3.6m for iPads as counties release budgets

Machakos, Kenya: The Machakos County Assembly has approved a Sh8.9 billion budget for the 2014/2015 financial year.

Initially, the Assembly rejected a Sh9.5 billion budget terming it "over ambitious and unrealistic". The county expects to raise Sh2.7 billion through local revenue collection whereas the National Government will provide Sh6.2 billion through the equalisation fund.