How counties lost Sh298b of your taxes to illegal spending

Governors Ali Roba (Mandera), Anyang Nyongo (Kisumu) and Mwangi Wairia (Murang’a) in Kakamega on Friday. The Senate has censured governors over the rise in questionable expenditure. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

A damming report by the Senate has exposed how counties wasted more than Sh298 billion in three years.

In the latest fiduciary risk report by the Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC), senators censured governors for the loss of the funds --  which translate to approximately 5.4 per cent of the country’s economic growth -- due to misapplication and misappropriation.