All of the
47 County governments have had their share of Sh151 billion from the Treasury.
In a
previous statement by the Treasury CS Ukur Yatani, another Sh8.09 billion had
also been issued as conditional grants during the current fiscal year.
Until June
30, 2018, out of the Sh88.98 billion debts for the pending bills, only Sh51.8
billion were genuine, according to Auditor-General.
This only
translated to 58%, indicating that 42% of the pending bills' claims lacked
authenticity, hence not payable.
Initially,
Ukur Yatani had directed that counties having pending bills would not get their
share from the National government before the decision was challenged in court.
Some
counties have already pledged to honor their payments by March 30, 2020, while
the fate suppliers of other counties remain unknown as their billions amount to
billions.
Garissa,
Nairobi, Siaya, Kirinyaga, Mandera, Migori, Bomet, Samburu, Wajir, Isiolo,
Vihiga, Turkana, Bomet and West Pokot will have its suppliers taking time
before their billion bills are cleared.
"The
14 counties were required to revise their initial payment plans after the
release of the November/ December 2019 disbursement. They also undertook to
review their budgets through a supplementary to provide for the amount,"
noted Mr. Yatani.
Yatani also
confirmed that the government was keeping an eye to ensure that suppliers stood
not to lose anything in their past unpaid supplies.
"I
wish to assure that the various private companies and other entities that
government will safeguard their interest by enforcing timely payment of bills
as a matter of absolute necessity," Mr. Yatani continued.
He also
noted that out of the Sh15 billion pending bills for the National government,
Sh12.5 billion had already been cleared, with only Sh2.5 billion remaining.