According to the damning audit report for financial year 2014/15 a huge chunk of the monies were paid to ghost workers or fictitious firms. Anxiety has gripped eight counties in Western and Nyanza after the Auditor General released a damning report detailing misuse of billions of shillings. READ MOREKakamega and Vihiga counties in Western are also on Auditor General Edward Ouko’s radar. According to the Auditor General, Migori County Government’s payroll exceeded its salary budget by Sh136, 827,504. The 2014-2015 audit report shows the county had budgeted for Sh1, 440,000,000 for permanent staff salaries for the year, but ended up spending Sh1, 760,328,343.

Source: Standard Digital November 22, 2016 19:58 UTC