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Nairobi MCAs raid budget for new offices to buy vehicles

House business going on in Nairobi County Assembly. [James Mwangi, Standard]

The Nairobi County Assembly yesterday raided the budgets of key departments to finance a car grant scheme when members approved a Sh37.9 billion supplementary budget.

A Sh600 million plan to construct offices for the 123 MCAs and their staff was the biggest casualty after it was shelved in favour of the Sh246 million scheme to purchase vehicles.

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