Controller of Budget rejects KSh 58.4 billion requests, including 1.1 bn for state house

[upepo]

Controller of Budget (COB) Margaret Nyakang'o has rejected a KSh 1.1 billion request by the State House to cater for the construction of a modern presidential dais. Out of the amount, KSh 700 million would have gone towards the construction of the dais at the State House gardens, while the remaining KSh 400 million would have been used to purchase more motor vehicles.

In total, the CoB rejected requests amounting to KSh 58.4 billion received from 23 ministries under Article 223 of the Constitution. In her latest report for the last nine months, dated May 2024, Nyakang'o only approved requests amounting to KSh 8.2 billion, despite the National Treasury requesting spending of KSh 66.7 billion to fund various activities. Nyakang'o acknowledged the law's provision for such requests and told the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury, to obtain Parliament's consent within two months of the first withdrawal of the money.

Article 223 of the Constitution allows MDAs to access additional funding during the budget implementation process if the amount appropriated for any purpose under the Appropriation Act is insufficient or if a need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose for which no amount has been claimed by that Act, or if money has been withdrawn from the Contingencies Fund. Read more:

 

[zapp_brannigan]

KSh 700 million would have gone towards the construction of the dais at the State House gardens

How important is it ?

 

[mzeiya]

I feel like the public doesn't appreciate just what a sh*tload of money that is thrown around in terms of billions.

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

I feel like the public doesn't appreciate just what a sh*tload of money that is thrown around in terms of billions.
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We have become desensitized to these figures. It no longer matters how much it is.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

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