A Parliamentary committee has approved Sh2.73 trillion spending for the national and county governments in the 2020-21 fiscal year starting July 1. The Budget and Appropriations Committee approved Sh1.80 trillion for recurrent spending, Sh584.9 billion for development and Sh316.5 billion for the devolved units. Committee chairman Kimani Ichung’wa (Kikuyu) tabled the report in Parliament last week for adoption to pave the way for the reading of the budget by Treasury CS Ukur Yatani on Thursday. CS John Munye’s Mining and Petroleum Ministry has been allocated Sh4.83 billion with CS Najib Balala’s Tourism getting Sh23.64 billion. NLC got Sh1.23 billion, KNCHR (Sh400.70 million), IEBC (Sh4.47 billion), CRA (Sh371.97 million), PSC (Sh2.62 billion), SRC (Sh459.73 million), TSC (Sh266.09 billion), NPSC (Sh806.32 million), Office of the Auditor General (Sh522 billion), Office of Controller of Budget (Sh622.98 million), CAJ (Sh494.68 million), NGEC (Sh429.65 million) and IPOA (Sh802.62 million).

Source: The Star June 06, 2020 10:12 UTC