Sakaja defends Sh43.7b drop in Nairobi County's pending bills before Senate

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has told the Senate that pending bills in the city have been reduced from Sh118.79 billion to Sh75.07 billion through verification and payment.

Sakaja revealed that internal verification established that the Sh43.73 billion reduction was not achieved solely through payments but also involved legal assessments, court-ordered adjustments and the verification of disputed claims.

The governor, who appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi on Monday, said addressing the inherited debt required establishment of a verification committee to scrutinise the entire outstanding amount and establish the validity of the claims.

“The reduction of Nairobi County pending bills by Sh 43.73 billion was not achieved entirely through cash payments but also involved adjustments arising from legal assessments, suspended government-guaranteed loans, court-ordered reductions and disputed claims,” said Sakaja.

Source: Standard