{
  "id": 9802842,
  "title": "Nairobi alone accounts for 52% of all county revenue arrears, Controller of Budget says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/nairobi-alone-accounts-for-52-of-all-county-revenue-arrears",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T18:07:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/nairobi-alone-accounts-for-52-of-all-county-revenue-arrears-controller-of-budget-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nairobi City County accounts for 52% of all county revenue arrears, according to the Controller of Budget’s Annual County Budget Implementation Review Report for FY 2025/26. With unpaid receivables totaling Ksh59.09 billion as of June 30, 2026, Nairobi represents 52.15% of the national total of Ksh113.29 billion in county revenue arrears. The report also highlights that Nairobi struggled to utilize 28.47% of its development budget, lagging behind other counties in this area.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}