Kenya’s 47 county governments are forfeiting tens of billions of shillings annually in own-source revenue (OSR) due to porous collection systems, political waivers, massive unpaid arrears, and persistent governance failures, according to successive audits by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu.
These leakages—estimated at over Sh20 billion in shortfalls for recent financial years alone—undermine devolution, fuel dependency on national transfers, and starve essential services like healthcare, roads, and water provision.
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