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Counties lack transparency in budgeting process, says report

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By Steve Mkawale | Jun 01, 2023

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**Former Finance ministers Ukur Yatani (left) and Amos Kimunya share a light moment at Parliament in Nairobi on April 7, 2022, before the former presented his final 2022/2023 Budget.** [File, Standard]

Many counties lack transparency in the process of preparing their budgets, according to a new report.

County Budget Transparency Survey (CBTS), a report by International Budget Partnership-Kenya (IBP Kenya), flagged Kajiado, Isiolo, Migori, and Wajir as counties that denied the public prerequisite documents for the preparation of budgets in 2022.

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