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Elder Lister
The Kenya Kwanza administration splurged hundreds of millions of shillings while approving the spending of more than Sh4 billion on issues unrelated to development at the Office of the President, even as its leadership claimed to have found empty state coffers.
On November 23, 2022, upwards of Sh264 million was wired to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s office, to “implement urgent planned activities” on the recurrent side.
The disbursement was part of the Sh1.59 billion that the National Treasury approved to be spent by the Deputy President’s office on September 21, a mini-budget document shows.
Since the election of President William Ruto, among spending items Treasury approved are Sh2.6 billion on State House affairs in November, Sh45 million for hospitality by the Cabinet on January 31 and Sh840 million for use by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September to facilitate temporary committee and other operating expenses, all recurrent.
President Ruto’s administration has also spent Sh10.2 billion to fund the Financial Inclusion Fund (Hustler Fund) out of the approved Sh12.2 billion, Sh3.79 billion on the fertiliser subsidy programme and part of Sh22.6 billion on fuel subsidy, which it scrapped, the Supplementary Budget one 2022/23 shows.
Treasury has proposed to cut development spending by about 15 per cent from Sh715 billion to Sh609 billion, while raising spending on recurrent activities by 6.6 per cent, from Sh1.4 to Sh1.49 trillion.
This means that the government will reduce development spending by Sh106 billion but raise recurrent spending by Sh92.9 billion.
Among biggest casualties under President Ruto’s pursuit of austerity measures to cut spending are infrastructure, energy, health, housing and water sectors.
The new government also proposes a Sh24 billion budget for the National Police Service (NPS), which now has its own independent budget, Sh1.6 billion for the State Department for Immigration and Sh7.2 billion for the Internal Security and National Administration, which previously didn’t have their own independent budgets.
Treasury also proposes to more than double State House’s allocation from Sh4.3 billion to Sh8.8 billion, raise Mr Gachagua’s office budget from Sh1.7 billion to Sh2.6 billion and fund Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s office with Sh751.9 million
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On November 23, 2022, upwards of Sh264 million was wired to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s office, to “implement urgent planned activities” on the recurrent side.
The disbursement was part of the Sh1.59 billion that the National Treasury approved to be spent by the Deputy President’s office on September 21, a mini-budget document shows.
Since the election of President William Ruto, among spending items Treasury approved are Sh2.6 billion on State House affairs in November, Sh45 million for hospitality by the Cabinet on January 31 and Sh840 million for use by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September to facilitate temporary committee and other operating expenses, all recurrent.
President Ruto’s administration has also spent Sh10.2 billion to fund the Financial Inclusion Fund (Hustler Fund) out of the approved Sh12.2 billion, Sh3.79 billion on the fertiliser subsidy programme and part of Sh22.6 billion on fuel subsidy, which it scrapped, the Supplementary Budget one 2022/23 shows.
Treasury has proposed to cut development spending by about 15 per cent from Sh715 billion to Sh609 billion, while raising spending on recurrent activities by 6.6 per cent, from Sh1.4 to Sh1.49 trillion.
This means that the government will reduce development spending by Sh106 billion but raise recurrent spending by Sh92.9 billion.
Among biggest casualties under President Ruto’s pursuit of austerity measures to cut spending are infrastructure, energy, health, housing and water sectors.
The new government also proposes a Sh24 billion budget for the National Police Service (NPS), which now has its own independent budget, Sh1.6 billion for the State Department for Immigration and Sh7.2 billion for the Internal Security and National Administration, which previously didn’t have their own independent budgets.
Treasury also proposes to more than double State House’s allocation from Sh4.3 billion to Sh8.8 billion, raise Mr Gachagua’s office budget from Sh1.7 billion to Sh2.6 billion and fund Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s office with Sh751.9 million
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On November 23, 2022, over Sh264 million was wired to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s office, to “implement urgent planned activities.”
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