President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday signed into law the Supplementary Appropriation Bill to release funds for government expenditure for the financial year that is ending June 30. The law mandates the National Treasury to release Shs 161 billion from the Consolidated Fund to various government departments. The funds are categorised into recurrent expenditure which totals to Shs 107.5 billion and development expenditure that totals to Sh53.7 billion respectively. The Appropriation Act authorises among other things the release of Shs 8 billion for settlement of pending Government bills. The State Department of University Education will receive Shs 5.3 billion while the State Department of Vocational and Technical Training will receive Shs 2.6 billion.The Teachers Service Commission was allocated Shs 14.1 billion while the State Department of Housing was allocated Shs 7.8 billion and Shs 4.1 billion will go to the State Department of Health.

Source: The Star June 18, 2019 17:46 UTC