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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 for the deparment of Water at a past event in Wajir South. Photp/ COURTESY

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.

 Wajir, Tana River, Turkana and Kwale are the four counties that allocated more on development activities in their budgets while a number of counties spent Sh13 billion on travel and allowances in the last financial year.
 “The counties should, therefore enhance budgetary controls to ensure expenditure is within law,” said Ms Odhiambo.
Nairobi County had the highest expenditure on domestic and foreign travel, at Sh637.05 million, followed by Migori and Kajiado at Sh622.53 million and Sh494.71 million, respectively.
County executives in Kwale and Trans Nzoia, for instance, spent Sh236 million and Sh106 million on travel, against a budget allocation of Sh122 million and Sh140 million, respectively.

 

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