Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago. [Photo/softkenya.com]
The Uasin Gishu county government has not spent Sh836 million from the Sh7.2 billion budgeted for the 2016/2017 financial year.
The county assembly in June this year approved a Sh7.4 billion budget for financial year 2017/18, but some of the funds might not be spent unless a supplementary budget is tabled, which might be next year.
“Currently we are on recess and we are waiting on finance department to come up with the supplementary budget. We cannot do anything with the funds now, not even paying pending bills,” said Jonathan Ng'etich, the chairman of the budget and appropriation committee, as quoted by The Standard.
Ngetich said the Controller of Budget had raised concerns about the county's expenditure and that discussions on unspent funds cannot be held unless a supplementary budget is in place.