Yatani's move is the latest of government's efforts to address the pending bills dilemma which is yet to be fully resolved, seven months since President Uhuru Kenyatta's June 1, 2019 directive, that all pending bills without audit queries be settled by end of last financial year. This is in the wake of high pending bills owed to suppliers which has crippled several businesses in the private sector. As at December 18, overall outstanding pending bills by counties stood at Sh58.75, treasury records show. Other entities include State Department for Youth(Sh10.59 billion), IEBC(Sh4.33 billion), State Department for Broadcast and Communication (Sh2.97 billion), Regional and Northern Corridor(Sh2.33 billion). In December, Treasury attempted to withhold funding for at least 20 counties for failing to clear their pending bills.

Source: The Star January 14, 2020 00:56 UTC