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Yatani seeks to halt funding to counties with supplier debts

Treasury CS Ukur Yatani presents the 2021/22 budget to the National Assembly, on Thursday, June 10, 2021 [David Njaaga, Standard]

The National Treasury has threatened to halt transfers to counties with outstanding pending bills as the total stock of money that the government owes to suppliers hits Sh300 billion. 

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani yesterday said this is in a bid to force counties to settle verified pending bills that have starved the private sector of liquidity during a difficult operating period. 

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