Nairobi, June 23 -- Tanzania and Dubai were the most preferred destinations for county officials, including Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) of the 47 counties, in the nine months ended March, with 98 trips made to the two countries and Sh380 million spent.

An analysis of data from the Controller of Budget shows that the MCAs and staff made 57 trips to Arusha, Dar es Salaam and Musoma in Tanzania and spent Sh237.1 million, followed by 41 trips to Dubai where they spent Sh142.87 million.

Benchmarking, leadership and governance seminars topped the reasons for most of the trips to Tanzania, while e-governance ,financial accountability and oversight training were the main purposes of the travel to Dubai.

Increasing foreign travels by el...