Kisii County Assembly passes Sh13.8b budget
By Robert.Ochoro, June 23, 2023
Members of the Kisii County Assembly yesterday passed a Sh13.8 billion budget for 2023/24 during a special sitting to beat the June 30 deadline.
The MCAs, who had adjourned their sittings indefinitely to press for their welfare, were recalled to pass the budget before next week’s deadline.
In the estimates tabled by Finance Executive Kennedy Abincha (pictured), the county government will get Sh9.2 billion in equitable share from the national government.
“We have allocated Sh4.9 billion for development expenditure under executive and Sh1.2 billion for the county Assembly’s recurrent expenditure,” Abincha told the House chaired by Speaker Dr Philip Nyanumba.
The Medical Services, Public Health and Sanitation were allocated Sh4.2 billion, Finance Sh1.3 billion and Education, Technical Training and Innovation Sh1.2 billion.
Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries docket was allocated Sh1.1 billion, Infrastructure, Roads and Public Works, Sh1 billion, Public Service and County Administration Sh601 million, Water, Environment, Natural Resources, Energy and Climate Change Sh547 million and Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Development Sh379 million.