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Governors splash millions on pricey curtains, meals and chartered planes

Busia County Governor Paul Otuoma whose government spent Sh10.3 million on chartered planes.

From Vihiga’s Sh1.3 million curtains, Nyamira’s Sh15 million soft drinks, Sh5 million for beef, chicken and goat meat in Lamu, to Busia, where Sh10.3 million is being spent on chartered planes, governors are having a busy year as they allocate huge budgets for the running of their offices.

A Nation analysis, however, shows that, of the Sh14 billion allocated to governors’ offices across 43 counties where data is available, a significant portion is going to fund luxury and, in some cases, non-essential items.