Civil servants pocket record Sh1bn monthly travel perks

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG

Spending by civil servants on local trips in the first half of a financial year hit a record since start of devolution after easing of the restrictions imposed to curb spread of Covid-19.

Data from the Controller of Budget (CoB) shows the officials spent Sh5.97 billion on local trips in the six months ended December from Sh4.89 billion in similar period a year earlier.

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