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Problems with financial accountability in counties
Guests listen to President Uhuru Kenyatta during this year’s devolution conference, in Nakuru County in March. There has been poor financial accountability among the 47 devolved units. photo | Samuel Miring’u
The management of public funds is an issue the Kenyan populace is passionate about. However, the conversation on financial accountability in Kenya tends to be focused on National Government only. While this is right and warranted, Kenyans ought to extend the scrutiny on the accounting of public finances to county governments as well.
One of the main purposes of devolution was to bring public finances closer to citizens in a manner that would allow them to have a say on how county budgets were planned for and used. This does not seem to be happening.
