The Commission on Revenue Allocation has faulted Members of County Assemblies in the 47 counties for not executing their oversight mandate as expected.
The commission noted that most MCAs were not keen on how funds disbursed to their counties from the national Treasury were being utilised by the county executive which is the implementing body .
Speaking on Wednesday during a meeting with Nyamira MCAs at Guardian Hotel, CRA vice chair Fatuma Abdukadir said the ward representatives should be the first people to be held responsible when funds are misused for not playing their oversight role properly.
Abdukadir said since inception of devolution, Sh11.1 billion has been disbursed to Nyamira County and asked the public to assess how the money was spent.
The commissioner dismissed the move by the MCAs to be the custodians of the ward development fund kitty saying it was against the constitution as their role was to oversight but not implementation.
She also decried the poor revenue collection in the county, and called for improvement by resorting to the automated system.
Speaker Joash Nyamoko said despite the county assembly approving the budget for various projects, executive has failed to implement them within the stipulated time.
Nyamoko also noted that the delay in releasing of funds from the national government has adversely affected implementation of projects.
MCAs who were led by leader of majority Laban Masira accused CRA of allocating the county less funds compared to other counties which are smaller in terms of population than it.