
Kenya's Controller of Budget, Margaret Nyakang'o, blocked the disbursement of Sh72 billion requested by the National Treasury for the financial year ended June 2026, the largest amount her office has ever withheld, according to Taifa Leo. Nyakang'o, constitutionally mandated to oversee public spending, rejected the requests, preventing Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi from authorising funds to some government institutions that rely on the money to run their operations.
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