Council names a date for the budget vote
Members will vote on the county budget on Thursday 26 November, after the last ward hearings.
By Amani Otieno ·
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What the county council voted on, spent and decided. Council sittings are open to the public at the county hall in Mto Mkuu, and the Times publishes how every ward's councillor voted.
Finance committee asks wards to cut spending requests
Ward requests add up to a third more than the county expects to receive.
By Amani Otieno ·
Ward offices to open on Saturdays from December
Residents who work weekdays will be able to get permits and letters on Saturday mornings.
By Amani Otieno ·
County budget hearings start in Mto Mkuu
Departments defend their spending plans in front of the finance committee for the first time in public.
By Amani Otieno ·
Council adopts a plan for street lights on Market Road
Forty solar lights will go up between the bus park and Ndovu market.
By Amani Otieno ·
How the ward bursary money was shared
By Amani Otieno ·
Council asks residents what the budget should fund
Ward meetings start next week, and written ideas can be left at any ward office.
By Amani Otieno ·
Council approves a new water tariff
Households will pay more for water above the first 6 cubic metres a month.
By Amani Otieno · · Corrected Sat 25 Jul
How the county budget is made, step by step
From the ward meetings to the final vote, here is who decides what the county spends.
By Amani Otieno ·
Last year's budget: what was spent
The council spent 87 percent of its development budget, most of it on roads and water.
By Amani Otieno ·
New ward boundaries take effect
Two wards are split and one new ward is created.
By Amani Otieno ·
Council moves into its new offices
The county hall in Mto Mkuu replaces three rented buildings.
By Amani Otieno ·
Council sets up a ward development fund
Each ward gets money to spend on projects its residents choose.
By Amani Otieno ·