The Controller of Budget has raised alarm over ballooning wage bill in counties. The latest Controller of Budget report shows the 47 counties spent a massive Sh74.12 billion on salaries and other personnel emoluments in the first nine months of the 2014/2015 financial year.
Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo, says the personnel emoluments expense by the 47 counties accounted for 63.7 per cent of the total recurrent expenditure and 43 per cent of the total expenditure.