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A recent report by the National Treasury has disclosed that 38 counties allocated less than 30% of their budgets to development in the 2023/24 financial year.
The Treasury emphasized that this breaches Section 102 (2)(b) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, which mandates that at least 30% of a devolved unit’s budget must be dedicated to development. The report also highlighted that only nine counties adhered to this law, with Marsabit County leading by directing 38.6% of its budget to development.
The report listed the 10 counties that spent the least on development, with Nairobi County, led by Governor Johnson Sakaja, at the bottom, dedicating only 10.3% to development.
The other counties in the bottom 10 included Kisii (13.7%), Mombasa (16.2%), Kisumu (17.5%), and Taita Taveta (18.6%), along with Kiambu (19.4%), Kakamega (20.2%), Vihiga (21.1%), Nyamira (21.4%), and Nandi (21.5%).
This report comes shortly after an Infotrak survey placed Governor Sakaja among the bottom ten least performing governors.
