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The Treasury has disbursed more than Sh314 billion to all counties, including funds delayed for the 2017/18 year to enable them to pay outstanding bills and debts.
CS Treasure Henry Rotich says counties need more than Sh90 suppliers and other creditors He said the Treasury had discussed with the Board of Governors to ensure that countries give priority to deferred payments to suppliers and entrepreneurs.
Rotich was speaking Friday at the Rift Valley Textiles East Africa Limited Company (Rivatex) in Eldoret. 19659005] While presenting the 2018/19 budget to Parliament on June 14, Rotich put the governors in the hot seat as the continued shrinking of revenue led the counties to rely heavily on the national government.
He noted that increasing arrears in the use of public funds is a major challenge in counties.
The 47 countries were among the big winners since they received 376.4 billion shillings, against 341 billion shillings the year before. 59005] Details: Rotich puts governors on the spot because of dwindling revenues, waste
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