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Vihiga Governor Wilber Ottichilo during a past press briefing at Mbale. [Brian Kisanji, Standard]
Recurrent expenditure has taken up the largest portion of Vihiga County's Sh6.9 billion budget for the 2025/2026 financial year.
According to the budget approved by the Vihiga County Assembly, Sh4.71 billion-representing 68.1 percent of the total budget-will go toward salaries, operations, and maintenance costs under recurrent expenditure.
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