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Kakamega County slashes budget by Sh1b as revenue dips

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Kakamega County Assembly MCAs during a session on December 13, 2023. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The County Government of Kakamega has been forced to cut its budget for the current financial year by Sh1.14 billion after it failed to meet its revenue collection projections.

In the first supplementary budget presented before the County Assembly, the approved budget estimates was scaled down from Sh17.7 billion to Sh16.5 billion.

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