This archive report was first published on 29 July 2019.
On July 29, 2019, Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo announced that county government suppliers and contractors would receive payments amounting to Sh51.2 billion.
According to Odhiambo, she had written to the counties asking them to process the payments, which were cleared after a recent audit of pending bills.
The audit, which was conducted by Auditor-General Edward Ouko, found that only Sh51.2 billion out of the Sh88.9 billion outstanding by June 2018 were eligible for payment.
President Uhuru Kenyatta had directed State ministries, departments, and agencies to settle all pending bills without audit queries by the end of the financial year ended June 30.
Following the audit, Nairobi county government's pending bill as at June 2018 dropped from Sh64 billion to Sh11 billion, and as at February 2019, the county owed its suppliers and contractors Sh10.8 billion.
