Ministries defy Yatani directive to cut foreign trips spend

Ministers have defied Treasury order for budget cuts on non-essential items to splash Sh13.7 billion on travel, publicity and entertainment.

The Controller of Budget (CoB) in the report for the first six months to December show ministries and agencies increased their expenditure on non-essential items by Sh2.29 billion or 20 percent compared to a similar period a year earlier.