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Controller of Budget starved of funds for keeping State in check

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Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o when she appeared before the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee at Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on September 19, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakango Thursday told Parliament that her office does not get the budgetary allocation it requires because of highlighting financial impropriety in national and county governments.

So dire is the situation, Nyakango said, that at times her staff cannot afford to photocopy documents when they are carrying out audits.

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