Tana Valley Times

Council names a date for the budget vote

Members will vote on the county budget on Thursday 26 November, after the last ward hearings.

Finance committee asks wards to cut spending requests

Ward requests add up to a third more than the county expects to receive.

Ward offices to open on Saturdays from December

Residents who work weekdays will be able to get permits and letters on Saturday mornings.

County budget hearings start in Mto Mkuu

Departments defend their spending plans in front of the finance committee for the first time in public.

Council adopts a plan for street lights on Market Road

Forty solar lights will go up between the bus park and Ndovu market.

How the ward bursary money was shared

Council asks residents what the budget should fund

Ward meetings start next week, and written ideas can be left at any ward office.

Council approves a new water tariff

Households will pay more for water above the first 6 cubic metres a month.

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.

Last year's budget: what was spent

The council spent 87 percent of its development budget, most of it on roads and water.

New ward boundaries take effect

Two wards are split and one new ward is created.

Council moves into its new offices

The county hall in Mto Mkuu replaces three rented buildings.

Council sets up a ward development fund

Each ward gets money to spend on projects its residents choose.