The Controller of Budget has revealed how millions of funds in the counties are being diverted irregularly to cater for un-intended purposes.
The report from the Controller of Budget reportedly sparked complains from Members of Parliament about what they said were 'little kings' in the counties who were snatching the billions that have been allocated to county governments, The Standard reports.
According to the report showing how counties had spent funds over the last 9 months, Sh2 billion was spent on sitting allowances for the Members of County Assembly only.
The report further indicates that Sh5.71 billion was spent on domestic and foreign travels for the MCAs.
On the spot was Turkana County which according to Citizen TV spent Sh45 milllion on sittings despite the county's budget allocation on sitting allowances set at Sh10 million.
This showed that each of the 47 MCAs in Turkana county received an amount of Sh957,000 on sitting allowances only.
According to the Controller of budget this was an indication that funds meant for other activities were irregularly transferred to cater for sitting allowances.
The other top spending counties on sitting allowances was Nairobi (Sh 110M), Kakamega (Sh108.6M), followed by Homabay (Sh 94.98M) and then Kisii County (Sh 94.27M)
On domestic travels the report indicated that the counties spent Sh5.71 billion on domestic and foreign.
Top on the domestic and foreign travels spending list was Vihiga County which spent Sh67.6 million yet it had budgeted Sh12 million.
Embu County was also on the spot for spending Sh57 million despite having budgeted Sh37 million.
The legislators have asked the Auditor General Edward Ouko to audit the lifestyles of members of county assemblies and governors to make sure their new-found affluence was not linked to the runaway corruption in counties.
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