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Sakaja, Simba Arati among 10 governors with zero development

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o when she appeared before teh National Assembly's Finance Committee at the Bunge Towers on March 7, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakango has flagged county governments for their low expenditure on development budgets in her latest report.

In her County Governments Budget Implementation Review Report for the first quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year, Nyakango revealed that county governments spent only Sh6.71 billion on development activities, representing an absorption rate of 3 per cent against the annual development budget of Sh203.55 billion.

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