Counties’ pending bills drop three percent to Sh176.8bn
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 18 - Counties’ outstanding pending bills dropped by three percent to Sh176.8 billion in the 2024/2025 fiscal year from Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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Kenyan counties' outstanding pending bills decreased by 3% to Sh176.8 billion in the 2024/2025 fiscal year, down from Sh181.98 billion in the previous year, primarily due to reconciliation efforts in Nairobi County.
- The decline was largely due to a Sh39.76 billion drop in pending bills in Nairobi County.
- The Controller of Budget (CoB) reported that Nairobi still leads with Sh86.77 billion in pending bills, followed by Kiambu at Sh7.89 billion and Machakos at Sh6.73 billion.
- Meanwhile, Kenya's overall national government pending bills increased to Sh524.84 billion in the 2024/2025 fiscal year.
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Kenyan Counties Report on Revenue Collection and Pending Bills - September 2025
Kenyan county governments increased their own-source revenue (OSR) to KSh 67.30 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, a 62.65% jump from the previous year. Despite this growth, counties only achieved 77% of their combined revenue target of KSh 87.67 billion. According to the Controller of Budget, Nairobi County Government's primary revenue streams are land rates, business permits, and parking fees, which generated Kshs 13.53 billion in the past year, a 5.6 percent increase. Concurrently, the total outstanding pending bills for counties decreased by 3% to Sh176.8 billion in the 2024/2025 fiscal year. This reduction from Sh181.98 billion in the previous year was attributed primarily to reconciliation efforts in Nairobi County.
