County pays out part of pending bills

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga when he appeared before the Senate Public Accounts and Investment Committee on audit queries at Parliament. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Contractors and suppliers doing business with the county government have been paid Sh297 million in pending bills.

According to the recently-tabled County Budget Review Outlook Paper (CBROP) for 2020/2021 financial year, most of the recurrent pending bills accrued from 2018/19 were settled.