State blows Sh18bn on travel in 9 months despite austerity order

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o. FILE PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

The government blew Sh18.18 billion on local and foreign travel in the first nine months of the current financial year, as ministries and parastatals struggled to comply with austerity measures.

This marked an increase of Sh4.11 billion from the Sh14 billion that national government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) used in a similar period last year, according to the latest Controller of Budget (CoB) report.

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