Ruto increases State House expenditure, Ksh4B more than Uhuru’s budget
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Ruto increases State House expenditure Ksh4B more than Uhuru's budget according to a proposal by National Treasury
Ruto increases State House expenditure Ksh4B more than Uhuru’s budget according to a proposal by National Treasury.
The Treasury has submitted a bill to Parliament that would increase the State House expenditure from the Ksh4.37 billion that previous President Uhuru Kenyatta had approved to Ksh8.85 billion.
The budget increase will be a 102 percent rise, citing the 2022–2023 Supplemental Estimates.
Njuguna Ndung’u, the Treasury Cabinet Secretary, also suggested raising the Executive Office of the President’s budget from Ksh 5.18 billion to Ksh 13.83 billion.
While drawing comparisons with the budget of the former administration, this will represent a spike of 59.89 percent.
From the Ksh8.5 billion budget, President William Ruto’s office will spend Ksh3.1 billion for Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) and Ksh4.4 billion for State House Affairs.
Under the Presidency, the office of the Deputy President currently occupied by Rigathi Gachagua will be allocated Ksh914 million.
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The government will remit funds from the budget to pay for Government Advisory Services (Ksh136 million) and Cabinet Affairs (Ksh81 million). This amounts to an average estimate of Ksh8.5 billion.
On the other hand, Gachagua’s office expenditure increased by Ksh914.25 million to Ksh2.63 billion.
According to the Supplementary estimates, the government will allocate a separate budget of Ksh450 million for DP services outside the presidency.
On the other hand, the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary under Musalia Mudavadi will be allocated Ksh751 million.
This includes Ksh720 million for General Administration for planning and Support services, while Ksh18 million would be splashed on Public Service Performance Management and Delivery Services.
Government Coordination and Supervision services was allocated Ksh13 million.
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