MPs kick storm over unspent Sh12.4 billion meant for poor counties

National Assembly Committee on Cohesion and equal opportunity Chairman Maina Kamanda (r) with member James Lomenen (c) and Adan Keynan during their meeting with treasury officials at Continental house, Nairobi on Thursday 19/04/18. [Photo by Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Legislators have raised a storm in Parliament over Sh12.4 billion that has remained unspent for years despite being allocated to building hospitals and water projects in poorest counties.

An estimated 12 million Kenyans from the 14 marginalised counties were the intended beneficiaries of the cash that has been growing at the Central Bank since 2011.