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Margaret Nyakang'o
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County budgets: A tale of budgeting for salaries and perks

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Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o.

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Salaries and allowances will take the lion’s share of the 2024/2025 budgets approved by a majority of the county assemblies.

Some devolved units have allocated more than 70 percent of their budgets to recurrent expenditure, leaving a meagre sum for development.