Five more counties joined the list of those flouting public finance rules on wage expenditure as a percentage of revenue, deepening the pending bills problem that has left devolved units owing suppliers and contractors Sh182 billion.
New disclosures by the National Treasury in the Draft 2024 Budget Review and Outlook Paper show that only Tana River, Narok, and Kilifi counties kept their wage spend below 35 percent of revenue in the year ending June 2024.
