Counties using ghost workers as schemes to siphon taxpayers’ money, Eacc report shows - The Informer Media Group

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Counties using ghost workers as schemes to siphon taxpayers’ money, Eacc report shows - The Informer Media Group

County governments in Kenya have been overstretching their budgets spending limits, despite warnings by the Controller of Budget (CoB) even as a report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Eacc) profiled ghost workers as a primary scheme used by county officials to siphon public funds. In her latest reaction to the fiscal year 2023/24, the Controller of Budget, Margaret Nyakang’o said Ksh15.8 billion was paid to non-existing workers. Sp…