Nairobi Governor Jonhson Sakaja and his deputy James Njoroge Muchiri meet with the team from the Kenya Urban Roads Authority in Nairobi on September 20, 2022. The governor faces a huge task in implementing his ambitious manifesto as he will first have to tackle a mountain of pending bills that hit Sh99 billion in June.
Governor Sakaja will first have to tackle a mountain of pending bills that hit Sh99 billion in June.
Between July 2021 and June 2022, the Nairobi City County accumulated an extra Sh14 billion in pending bills, on top of the Sh85.7 billion as at the end of June 2021, the Controller of Budget (CoB) has disclosed.
This means that, on average, over the past financial year, Nairobi county accumulated Sh1.2 billion in pending bills monthly.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja faces a huge task in implementing his ambitious manifesto as he will first have to tackle a mountain of pending bills that hit Sh99 billion in June.
The county has been unable to pay contractors and suppliers after it went through a series of changes in leadership, with mismanagement at City Hall nearly causing the devolved unit to choke under debts.
