This is part of the Sh10.7 billion county budget before next year’s General Election. Last year, Nyong’o was forced to disband boda boda Saccos in the city following their gang-like activities that saw three riders killed in cold blood by a rival boda boda gang. The Nyeri County budget estimates for the financial year 2021/2022 are Sh8.1 billion, with Sh5.4 billion allocated to recurrent expenditure and Sh2.6 billion for development. The 2021/22 county Budget totalling Sh5.9 billion will, among other things, ensure that the county gets over a persistent drug supply problem. In Nakuru County, 66.7 per cent or Sh11.6 billion of the Sh17.4 billion budget, will be spent on recurrent expenditure.

Source: Standard Digital June 11, 2021 20:25 UTC