Challenges in County Public Finance Management

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Challenges in County Public Finance Management

In the Financial year 2014/2015, the county cumulatively budgeted for Kshs. 3,078,000,269 to finance its expenditure. The budget was financed by the National sharable revenue of Kshs. 2,845,235,405, conditional grants of Kshs. 18,420,000 and Kshs. 132,023,379. In implementing its functions, the County faced the following challenges;

i.Increase in wage bill.

ii.Budget processes being determined by external factors that are not controlled directly by the county treasury e.g. County Allocation of revenue Bill, County Assembly ceiling determination by CRA.

iii.Delat in disbulsement of county development share by the national Tre sury.

iv.Low absorption of development funds by departments.

v.Under perflrmance in local revenue coll ction.