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Nyakang'o flags counties for soaring pending bills

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o. [File, Standard]

The Controller of Budget (CoB) has censured counties for accumulating over Sh181 billion pending bills, exceeding wage bills and failing to meet their own source revenue.

CoB Margaret Nyakang'o, in her latest review for the 2023/2024 financial year of the 47 devolved units budget implementation, pointed out that most counties have failed to comply with the law.

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