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Why Controller of Budget slashed Sakaja's supplementary budget

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Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o when she appeared before the Senate Devolution and InterGovernmental Committee at Parliament Buildings, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja will now be forced to go back to the drawing board after the Controller of Budget (CoB) slashed his Supplementary Budget for the financial year 2023/2024.

According to a report by CoB Margaret Nyakang'o the county did not meet the required threshold of the Public Finance Management Act.

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