The National Assembly on November 15, 2018 and Treasury’s circular of August 31, 2018 required details of stalled capital projects for submission to the House. To address the situation, Mr Rotich now wants the State to prioritise spending only on projects that are viable. “MDAs are expected to rationalise and prioritise viable stalled projects for implementation,” Mr Rotich says in the circular to MPs. The projects will, however, be required to get written authorisation from the National Treasury before they are launched and implemented. VICTIMSEwaso Ng’iro North Development Authority (Sh51.8bn), Department for Crop Development (Sh43bn) and Crime Data Repository Unit (Sh27bn) are among projects that have stalled.

Source: Daily Nation February 14, 2019 02:48 UTC