CoB report shows clearly that Kenyans are getting a raw deal

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o when she appeared before the Senate Standing Committee Finance and Budget and Council of Governors to deliberate on the prompt payment bill at the County Hall, Nairobi on March 30, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenyans in urban and rural areas were optimistic after the creation of second level of government following the promulgation of the new Constitution. Finally, government services had been brought closer to them. Before that, inhabitants of Turkana and Mandera would quip that travelling to Nairobi was akin "travelling to Kenya".

The overriding devolution theme was that resources should follow functions, mainly delivery of government goods and services. But it is clear that that is not the case if the recent report of the Controller of Budget (CoB) is anything to go by.