Tag: Controller of Budget

Margaret Nyakang’o sworn-in as new Controller of Budget

National Assembly’s Finance Committee vetted Margaret Nyakang’o her last week, saying in their report that she is well-suited for the job.

Pending bills: Budget controller wants counties let off the hook

Deputy Controller of Budget, Stephen Masha, tells Senate committee that only one county, Baringo, has settled pending bills after directive.

Governors gobble up Sh12 billion on wages alone

Counties spent a staggering Sh12 billion on salaries alone between July 2018 and March this year, a report by the Controller of Budget says.

Senators wants contractors who supplied air to counties prosecuted

The Senate Public Accounts Committee has called for a consultative meeting with the Controller of Budget (CoB) and Auditor-General to discuss discrepancies in pending bills accumulated by the 47 county governments. The Auditor-General and CoB have been releasing reports with conflicting figures of the pending bills accrued by the devolved units. In the 2017/18 county […]

How MPs burnt Sh3.4b on travel in nine months

By Hillary Mageka @hillarymageka Even before the dust settles on the controversial Sh250,000 house allowance and Sh96,000 overnight claim by each of the 349 MPs, the lawmakers are once again on the spot over their growing appetite for foreign and domestic travel. A new report by the Controller of Budget (CoB) indicts members of the National […]