The Parliament Budget Office (PBO) has highlighted questionable expenditure items in the 2nd supplementary budget with only 30 days to the end of the current financial year. For instance, for security operations ahead of the elections, Sh3.2 billion has been set aside without justification while Sh1.5 billion will be used to acquire specialised equipment. About Sh555 million will be used for foreign travel and Sh472 million will be used for hospitality supplies like tea and mandazi. It is not clear why the increased allocation is required,” the budget office noted. “An additional Sh3.7 billion for recruitment and training of police officers as well as enhanced security operations ahead of the 2017 General Election cannot clearly be traced to the budget books,” the budget office noted.

Source: Standard Digital May 30, 2017 19:11 UTC