Ksm County Assembly approves shs 12.3B Budget
By Dickson Odhiambo
June 30, 2023
Ksm County Assembly
approves shs 12.3B Budget
The County Assembly of Kisumu has approved the County’s Budget
Estimates for the Financial Year 2023/2024 of about 12.3 Billion.
The Assembly during a special sitting today adopted the Budget
and Appropriations Committee’s report on the proposed budget estimates, tabled
and moved by the Committee Chairperson and Kondele Ward Representative Joachim
Oketch Omieno.
In the approved budget estimates, the resource envelop available
for allocation among the county sectors comprises of; an opening balance of
Kshs. 1,333,143,115, equitable share of the national revenue amounting to Ksh
8,352,556,635; Conditional Grants amounting to Ksh 866,176,577 and Own Source
Revenue projected at Ksh. 1,785,834,036.
In the 12,338,710,363 budget, 30 per cent has been allocated for
development expenditure, 22 per cent towards operations and maintenance and 48
per cent will go towards human resource cost while Ksh1 billion has been
allocated towards pending bills.
The budget focuses on revitalization of agriculture for food
security and agribusiness; ensuring a healthy population living in a clean
environment; environmental conservation as well as opening the Kisumu lakefront
for business opportunities among other development programs.
It also concentrates on promoting development of local private
sector and spur economic growth by prioritizing clearing the burden of the
pending bills.
The pending Bills have been capped at shs 1 billion from shs
1.3Billion
In agriculture, the County Government has prioritized crop,
livestock and fisheries productivity and outputs and promotion of agribusiness;
promotion of value addition and post- harvest handling infrastructure
development.
In health, operationalization of the Jaramogi Oginga
Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital Cancer Center to avail the much needed
oncology services to the people of Kisumu County and expansion of Kisumu County
Social Health Insurance Schemes for indigents and the vulnerable populations.
Moreover, the implementation of the County Roads Maintenance
Teams is provided for in this budget as the government shifts focus to labor-
intensive maintenance of roads away from the contractor- based maintenance
activities. In the department of Water, Environment and Natural Resources plans
to construct waste re-cycling plant at Kasese and rehabilitation and extension
of water to various areas.
During the Debate before the adoption of the Budget Estimates,
Members of the County Assembly said the Budget estimates should be implemented
the way it is for the financial year 2023/2024, adding that the projects
earmarked should be implemented until completion.
Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Elisha Oraro urged the County
leadership to ensure implementation of all programs as outlined in the County
Budget for the benefit of the people of Kisumu.
He has also urged Members of the County Assembly through House Sectorial
Committees to step up their oversight role to ensure proper accountability and
enhanced service delivery during the implementation of the Budget estimates for
the Financial Year beginning July 1,2023.
At the same time, the County Assembly of Kisumu has also adopted
the Kisumu County Appropriation Bill, 2023.
This is a bill for an act of the County Assembly of Kisumu to
authorize the issue of certain sums of money out of the County Revenue Fund and
their application towards the service of the year ending June 30, 2024 and to
appropriate those sums for certain public services and purposes.
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