At least 16 counties failed to pay thousands of workers in May and June, raising concerns over financial discipline in the devolved units that had received their allocations from the Treasury.
The regions, including Nairobi, Mombasa, Nyandarua, Turkana, Narok and Bungoma, did not request to withdraw salaries from the main account at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), said the Controller of Budget (CoB).