Business Daily | by John Mutua
Foreign travel expenditure by top government officials dropped by Sh2.18 billion in the six months to December on austerity and restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Fresh data by the Controller of Budget’s office shows that top officials spent Sh1 billon on travels abroad between July and December last year, compared with Sh3.18 billion in a similar period a year earlier – reflecting a fall of 68.6 percent.
The government has previously struggled to rein in wasteful spending on foreign travel, with policy analysts…
