Embu tops first county fiscal ranking, Turkana and Kisumu last

Embu emerged as Kenya's best-managed county in Kenya...

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Embu has been ranked Kenya's top-performing county in fiscal management, according to the inaugural County Fiscal Performance Measurement Index (CFPMI). Turkana and Kisumu landed at the bottom of the rankings, highlighting significant disparities in financial stewardship across devolved governments.

Embu achieved a composite score of 0.689, while Kisumu scored 0.285.
The Parliamentary Budget Office developed the index to assess adherence to public finance management principles.
Larger budgets did not guarantee better performance; Nairobi City County, despite having the largest budget, ranked among the bottom 10.

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