Ten counties in the Western and Nyanza regions have been flagged by the Controller of Budget (CoB) for processing staff salaries outside of the approved payroll systems.
In her latest report for the 2024/2025 financial year, CoB Dr Margaret Nyakang'o warned that paying salaries outside the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Database (IPPD) system could lead to a loss of public funds.
She also highlighted that this practice had inflated the wage bills in the 10 counties.
In Bungoma County, employee compensation amounted to Sh3.5 billion, which accounted for 51 per cent of the county's total revenue of Sh6.03 billion.
