CONTROLLER OF BUDGET SAYS COUNTIES OWE SUPPLIERS KSHS 159 BILLION IN PENDING BILLS.
The Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Chaired by Wajir Senator,Mohamed Abbas met the Controller of Budget (COB) CPA Dr. Margaret Nyakang'o,CBS over the status of pending bills in the counties .
The COB told the Senators that counties owe suppliers an accumulative Pending Bills of Kshs 157 billion by the County Executives and Kshs 1.63 billion by County Assemblies.
The Senators had invited the COB to apprise them on the status of Pending Bills and explain why these monies cannot be settled.