Governor Sang in hot soup over unsustainable wage bill

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‎Nandi Governor Stephen Sang before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) at Bunge Towers, Parliament, Nairobi on July 6,2026. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Nandi County Government has been put on the spot over the unsustainable wage bill that was equivalent to 44 percent of the reported revenue of Sh6.4 billion that led to county staff being paid Sh3.3 billion in the financial year 2024/2025.

Nandi Governor Stephen Sang who appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee was taken to task over the high wage bill which is excess of the threshold of 35 percent prescribed in Regulation 250) (b)of the Public Finance Management Act.

The Committee Chairman Moses Kajwang pointed out that the limit set for county Governments expenditure on wages and benefits for public officers pursuant to section 107 (2) of the Act shall not exceed 35 percent of the County Government's total revenue which the county had breached.