Kisumu MCAs threaten to impeach Finance CEC over flawed budget making process.

 Kisumu County Assembly MCAs led by Majority Leader Ken Onyango{L} address the press in Kisumu yesterday where they have accused the CEC in charge of Finance of being incompetent on issue of budget making process-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.

By Dickson Odhiambo.

June 8, 2018

 Kisumu MCAs threaten to impeach Finance CEC over flawed budget making process. 

THE Members of the County Assembly of Kisumu have threatened to impeach a County Executive Committee Member in charge of finance over what they have termed as incompetency.

The 49 MCAs both elected and nominated have claimed that the County Executive Committee Member in charge of Finance Nerry Achar has allegedly shown some level of incompetency in his work plus officers within that department.

Addressing the press within the County Assembly of Kisumu yesterday, the MCAs led by their majority leader Ken Onyango have pointed an accusing finger to the Finance CEC while claiming that the way the budget making process is done is not procedural.

They claim that the department has provided three documents namely County’s Integrated Development Plan {CIDP}, Annual Development Plan {ADP} and the Annual Budget estimates without subjecting them to a public participation process as required by law.

“According to the Public Finance Management Act of 2012, the budget making process needs to be subjected to the public participation. To date this has not happened,” they said in a signed press statement.

They MCAs further claimed that the Financial Quarterly Reports have never been submitted to the Assembly as required by law.

“The CEC in charge of Finance was summoned by the House to shed light on the delay of the bursary disbursement to the needy students. Under the Oath he promised to release the said funds expeditiously. To date three sub-counties namely Seme, Nyakach and Nyando are yet to receive their bursary allocations and students are at home,” they added.

The MCAs further claimed that the bursaries have been removed from the next financial year Budget for Kisumu County while counties like Bungoma and Trans Nzoia have increased allocation to their Bursary kitty to over shs 300million.

“We therefore find it unpalatable for Mr. Nerry Achar to exhibit the traits of a high school head teacher who Lords over everybody and in the process fail either through errors of omission or commission to follow the law to the latter in the discharge of their duties,” they further said.

The MCAs have resolved that they now have no confidence in the County Executive Committee Member in charge of Finance and have threatened not transact at the Assembly any business emanating from the Finance department of the Executive wing of the County Government of Kisumu.

 Kisumu County Executive Committee Member in Charge of Finance Nerry Achar when contacted for comments on the matter said via his mobile phone that he can not comment about it until he gets official communication from the County Assembly of Kisumu in regard to the allegations.

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