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Budget controller flags counties over Sh192B expenditure

COB Margaret Nyakango before the National Assembly Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation at Bunge Towers, Nairobi on May 30, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Controller of Budget, Margaret Nyakango, has revealed that 47 County Governments spent Sh192.59 billion, consisting of Sh160.10 billion for recurrent activities and only Sh32.49 billion for development initiatives in the first half of the financial year 2025/26.

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