The Bill was considered and passed by the National Assembly on July 31, 2024, with amendments.This comes barely a month after the President withdrew the Finance Bill 2024 following nationwide protests.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
The Bill has been necessitated by the need to realign planned expenditures to the revised fiscal framework after the Finance Bill was rejected resulting in a revenue shortfall of approximately Kshs 344.3 Billion.
The Bill proposes reductions to recurrent and development expenditure for the three arms of government, constitutional commissions, and independent offices.
The total reduction for the National Government is Kshs. 145 Billion consisting of Kshs. 40 Billion for the recurrent expenditure and Kshs. 105 Billion for the development expenditure.
Out of the total Kshs. 145.7 Billion reductions, the reductions for the Executive is Kshs. 139.81 Billion drawn from various Ministries. The Bill contains a reduction of Kshs. 3.7 Billion for Parliament and Kshs. 2.1 Billion for the Judiciary.
The major recurrent expenditure reductions include; S tate House and Deputy President, Kshs. 6 Billion, National Treasury Kshs. 7.0 billion, v arious development projects under medical services Kshs. 6.9 billion and road projects and transport sector projects – Kshs. 17.3 billion...CONTINUE READING>>
