Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) in twelve counties have been accused of misusing taxpayers funds for their own benefits.
North Eastern counties such as Mandera and Wajir have been accused of spending millions for domestic and foreign trips.
Other counties include Isiolo, Kiambu, Nyeri, Marsabit, Murang’a, Embu, Tharaka Nithi, Meru, Kirinyaga and Laikipia.
According to the Controller of Budget Implementation report for the financial year 2017/2018, MCAs are earning huge allowances from foreign trips they attend.
The assembly members in these counties have devised different ways to pocket public money and they have spent more than Sh333 million in allowances and Sh1.3 billion on local and international travel.
In Wajir, Governor Mohamed Abdi together with his county executive recorded the highest amount of travel expenses at Sh221 million.
Marsabit county came in second with Sh154 million while Kiambu county was third having spent Sh116 million.
Each MCA in Mandera on average earned Sh120,000 in allowances per month, while their counterpart in Isiolo pocketed Sh75,000 monthly.
On local and foreign travel, MCAs in Kiambu spent Sh208 million followed by Meru at Sh160 and Nyeri Sh143 million.
MCAs in Mandera pocketed the highest allowances per month at an average of Sh120,000 while each MCA in Isiolo earned Sh75,000 per month followed by Nyeri, Laikipia and Tharaka Nithi MCAs who earned between Sh38,000 and Sh23,000 per month.