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Debt puzzle: Why Nakuru County is reluctant to pay Sh3 billion pending bills

Nakuru governor Lee Kinyanjui (r) receives instruments of power from former governor Kinuthia Mbugua during his swearing in ceremony at Nakuru ASK Showground on August 21, 2017. [Photo/Suleiman Mbatiah/Standard]

Some contractors and suppliers demanding Sh3 billion from the County Government of Nakuru have no sufficient documents to support their claims.

According to a damning audit report handed over to Governor Lee Kinyanjui last week, only pending bills amounting to Sh722 million of the Sh3 billion were authentic.

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