Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ukur Yatani directed the ministries and State agencies involved in Covid-19 and locust invasion fight to submit reports on how they spent billions of shillings before Tuesday next week. The Treasury said Sh40.3 billion had been spent by June in the fight against the coronavirus disease. AdvertisementAerial sprayingMultinational lenders like IMF, World Bank and the African Development Bank have also injected billions of shillings to cushion the economy from the Covid-19 shocks. "The data will facilitate Treasury and office of Controller of Budget in production of regular budget implementation reports… including public expenditure and financial accountability reports." Parliament in May flagged the Ministry of Health for millions of shillings spent in buying tea and snacks and inflated amounts in leasing ambulances in the fight against Covid-19.

Source: Daily Nation August 05, 2020 03:56 UTC