Budget & Appropriations Committee Engages Departmental Committees Over Supplementary Budget
Finance & National Planning Chairperson, Hon. (CPA) Francis Kuria Kimani
By: John Kariuki
The National Assembly Departmental Committees Chairpersons have tabled their Supplementary Estimate reports for Financial Year 2022/23 before the Budget & Appropriations Committee (BAC) for interrogation.
In the past one week, the Budget and Appropriations and Departmental Committees have been reviewing their Supplementary Estimates in consultation with their line Ministries, Departments and Agencies to properly align allocation of funds for effective service deliver.
Budget and Appropriations Chair Hon. Ndindi Nyoro informed the departmental Committees on the impossibility of reinstatement of the budget cuts nor additional funding as per the Supplementary Estimates for the year 2022/23.
The departmental Committees that appeared before Budget & Appropriations Committee today include; Defense, Intelligence & Foreign Relations, Justice & Legal Affairs, Sports, Culture & Arts, Lands, Finance & National Planning, Energy, Regional Development, Education & Research, Parliamentary Service Commission, Tourism & wildlife, Trade, Industry & Cooperatives, Blue Economy & Irrigation and Environment & Mining.
BAC raised concern over the issue of pending bills which appeared reflected in most of the Departmental Committees’ reports.
While defending his report, the Finance & National Planning Chairperson, Hon. (CPA) Francis Kuria Kimani pointed out the National Treasury for huge pending bills totaling to Kshs. 30B, hampering effective implementation of the budget. Hon. Kimani said this was negatively affecting the economy and curtailing business activities and money circulation in the country.
In his submission, the Education Committee Chairperson, Hon. Julius Kibiwott Melly assured BAC that there will be no admission of University students to Private Universities and that no Junior Secondary School students should pay school fees.
This followed an earlier concern from BAC over admission of Public Sponsored University students to Private Universities, whose fees is far much higher compared to Public Universities.
The realignment of the Budget on Supplementary Estimates for 2022/23, follows President William Ruto’s Kshs. 300 Billion austerity measures geared towards cutting down government expenditure and refocus the funds to priority areas of development.
The Budget & Appropriations Committee is expected to write its report tomorrow and table the same before the National Assembly by Wednesday, 22nd February, 2023 for consideration.
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