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Controller of budget warns over pending bills in Central counties

COG Chair Ann Waiguru chats with her Tharaka Nithi counterpart Muthomi Njuki during governor's retreat at Great Rift Valley Lodge in Naivasha. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Controller of Budget (CoB) Margaret Nyakang'o has raised the red flag over high pending bills in Mt Kenya counties and use of manual payrolls during the first quarter of the 2022/2023 financial year.

Nyakang'o noted that in the first quarter County Budget Implementation Report for 2022/2023, as of September 30, 2022, all 47 counties reported pending bills amounting to Sh161.36 billion.

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