A report from the Controller of Budget on the status of the pending bills as at September 30, shows that reccurent expenditure accounts form the majority of the backlog, amounting to Sh85.7 billion while development stands at Sh31.9 billion.
Defence has an outstanding reccurent bill of Sh16.7 billion with development accounting for Sh665 million.
The defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Service follows closely with a bill of Sh13.3 billion.
The National Youth Service (NYS) comes third on the notorious defaulters' list with a pending bill of Sh14.5 billion, all being reccurent, while the State Department of Agriculture has Sh9.5 billion in unpaid bills.
National Police Service (NPS), State Department of Transport and Medical Services are yet to settle bills worth Sh6 billion, Sh6.1 billion and Sh5.6 billion respectively.
The total pending bill of Sh117 billion is a significant reduction compared to Sh136.5 billion in unpaid bills owed by the national government in the first half of the year ending June 30, 2024.
The new amount represents 26 per cent of the cumulative 516.2 billion pending bills owed by the national government to suppliers and service providers.
The total expenditure for the national government stands at Sh823 billion for the period under review, with development accounting for Sh106 billion and recurrent Sh717 billion.
In terms of development expenditure, the state department for Roads was the leading spender with Sh24.7 billion followed by Economic Planning, which spent Sh14.1 billion for the period between July and September, 2024.
Other big spenders are state department of Irrigation (Sh4.8 billion), Crop Development (Sh4.5 billion), Water and Sanitation (Sh4.3 billion) and Medical Services (Sh3.9 billion).
Blue Economy and Fisheries ministry used Sh3.4 billion while Energy and Immigration and Citizen Services used Sh3.1 billion each.
On the recurrent expenditure front, the Teachers' Service Commission (TSC) topped the list with Sh86 billion followed by the Defence ministry with Sh40.7 billion.
Higher Education and Research spent ShSh35.5 billion while the National Police Service (NPS) spent Sh29 billion during the period under review.
Other large reccurent spenders during the period are state department for Basic Education (Sh26 billion), National Intelligence Service (NIS) Sh11.2 billion; Roads (Sh10.5 billion) and Medical Services (Sh10 billion).
