[File/Standard]Counties have gobbled up nearly Sh1.5 trillion in five years of devolution in what has seen significant redistribution of resources. It was followed by Turkana (Sh39.9 billion), Kakamega (Sh36.9 billion), Mandera (Sh34.2 billion) and Nakuru Sh33.4 billion). Poorest spendersThe most recent development expenditure analysis ranked Governor Alfred Mutua’s Machakos County as the top in terms of spending the money it received on development expenditure. For instance, in the last financial year (2016/17), Turkana spent Sh6.1 billion, the largest amounts in absolute terms, on development expenditure. Counties have also built more than 6,000 new ECDE centres while some counties have already made ECDE schools free for their residents.

Source: Standard Digital April 21, 2018 05:19 UTC