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Wajir among counties that spent more money on development than on salaries
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Wajir governor Ahmed Abdullahi with the Chief officer at the department of Water at a past event in Wajir South. Photo/ COURTESY
NAIROBI—A number of counties have spent more on wage bill than on development, the Comptroller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo has said.
According to the Annual Implementation Report released by the office of the Controller of Budget, county budgets amounted to Sh367.44 billion, with recurrent expenditure receiving Sh208.82 billion and Sh158.62 billion set aside for development activities.
Bomet, Mombasa and Wajir have been named as counties whose most expenditure were channeled to development while Makueni, Embu and Taita-Taveta were listed as worst performers.
“An increase in the wage bill will reduce spending on development activities in the long run,” Agnes Odhiambo noted.
She added that salaries accounted for at least 40 per cent of the total expenditure.
“There is need for county governments to ensure that expenditure on personnel emoluments is contained at sustainable levels,” she urged.
