The Controller of Budget (COB) rejected the bulk of spending requests by State House, 18 ministries and agencies made under the emergency clause in the six months ended December, approving only Sh3.29 billion of the Sh51 billion requested.
Most of the 31 spending requests made between July and December 2023 were for non-urgent causes, prompting the COB Margaret Nyakang’o to approve just six of them while declining others amounting to Sh47 billion.
