Despite the national and county governments' efforts to pay suppliers and contractors, the issue of pending bills remains a huge challenge. In a press statement by acting Treasury CS Ukur Yatani, the outstanding balance of eligible government pending bills as of December last year was Sh22.71 billion, while Sh37.7 billion of the pending bills lacked sufficient documentation to support services rendered or work done. President Uhuru Kenyatta committed to open contracting and strengthening public procurement and directed under the Executive Order no 2 of 2018 that all public procuring entities publish all public contracting information on the Public Procurement Information Portal. Among the leading counties in open contracting implementation include Makueni, Elgeyo Marakwet and Nyeri. This will ultimately help cure eligible and ineligible pending bills issues that are plaguing the country.

Source: The Star January 14, 2020 07:52 UTC