Wastage as audit exposes Sh496m NGCDF projects abandoned
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The Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu when she appeared before the Senate County Public Investment Committee at Bunge Towers in Nairobi on September 4, 2024.
Projects valued at Sh495.6 million and funded by the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF) across 29 constituencies have been reported stalled and abandoned, underscoring systemic inefficiencies in implementation of publicly-funded development.
This came during a period when annual national allocations to the kitty jumped 68.1 per cent to Sh74.8 billion, up from Sh44.5 billion in a corresponding prior period.
