Counties paid pending bills valued Sh34 billion over the nine months to March, amid pressure to honour payment plans they submitted in July last year, the Controller of Budget (CoB) has revealed.
By end of March, the latest CoB report notes, counties' pending bills stood at Sh172.5 billion, down from Sh181.9 billion in June 2024. Continued accumulation of unpaid bills saw counties' stock fall by Sh9.4 billion in the nine-month period, diluting the impact of the Sh34 billion payments.
