Budget woes leave Judiciary with Sh500 million pending billsPresident Uhuru Kenyatta with Chief Justice David Maraga during official release of the State of Judiciary Report in Nairobi on Thursday. “The Judiciary has over time been allocated the least amount of money compared to the Executive and the Legislature,” says the State of the Judiciary report. “The Judiciary budget has remained below one per cent of the national budget over the years. “Reduction in development budget for the judiciary impacted negatively on the financing of ongoing infrastructure projects such as courts and ICT projects,” states the report. “Of the allocated funds for development vote 78 per cent Sh1.23 billion was from World Bank,” explained the Judiciary report.

Source: Standard Digital March 02, 2019 21:04 UTC