Budget And Appropriations Committee Concludes On The Supplementary Estimates
Nyeri County Women Representative Rahab Mukami (left) consulting with her colleagues during the Saturday forum
By PSCU
Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee have concluded receiving submissions on the Supplementary Estimates 1 for Financial Year 2024/25, ahead of the tabling of the report when the House resumes this week.
The meetings led by the chairperson and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro had the Departmental Committee Chairs highlighting various critical areas that need funding for continued operations.
Some of the submissions also noted with concern that there were many developmental projects that were streamlined for this Financial Year or are ongoing, but may not be achievable, owing to the decreased allocations to the MDAs.
Further, if the MDAs that have contractual obligations are stopped, this may attract penalties, and also lead to delayed completion of the projects.
The committee on Education represented by Mandera South MP Abdul Haro reiterated the committee’s commitment to ensure that the 46,000 intern teachers are converted into permanent and pensionable terms in this financial year, and called on the Budget Committee to consider allocating the full resource requirement of Ksh31 billion.
“Chair, the Teacher’s Service Commission is committed to confirming 46,000 teachers, on permanent and pensionable terms. They have been allocated Ksh13.4 billion for this, and require an additional Ksh17.6 billion,” said Haro.
On the allocation for the national examinations invigilation and management, Haro proposed a reinstatement of Ksh5.1 billion to ensure that the national examinations scheduled for this year are administered smoothly.
Endebess MP Robert Pukose who is also the Health Committee chairman made recommendations on reallocations in various sectors, and also assured members that despite the austerity measures, the employment of medical interns is a top priority in this financial year, appealing to the committee to consider allocating an additional Ksh1.49 billion, to meet the full requirement of Kshs5.2 billion for the process.
Additionally, Pukose noted that the return-to-work formula agreed upon between the National Government and the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and executed on the 8th May 2024, intends to be actualized.
The Communication, Information and Innovation chairperson who is also Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie notified the committee that despite the reduction of the allocation to Constituency Innovation Hubs from Ksh377 million to zero, the construction of the hubs shall continue through the new World Bank project, which is allocated Ksh3.1 billion in this financial year.
“Key among the envisaged targets for the project is to establish 290 Digital Village Smart Hubs and Studios, to ensure that we keep developing the creative sector and provide the youth with avenues to generate income,” assured Kiarie.
Kangogo Bowen from Marakwet East and the chairperson for Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation Committee while making his submission, proposed some amendments to the allocations in the Supplementary Estimates to the three State Departments under the committee’s purview.
The committee also heard from the committees on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives; Tourism and Wildlife; and Environment, Forestry and Mining.
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