State House spends KSh700 million on a presidential dais supplementary budget estimates
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State House spent Sh700 million on the construction of a modern presidential dais, according to 2023 /2024 supplementary estimates
State House spent Sh700 million on the construction of a modern presidential dais, according to 2023 /2024 supplementary budget estimates.
According to supplementary estimates tabled in the National Assembly, the State House received Sh4.1 billion.
This includes Sh3.2 billion for both State House and State House affairs and Sh900 million that was spent to cater for operations and maintenance.
The estimates from the National Treasury also show the government also spent Sh1.5 billion under the Tourism Product Development and Diversification to cater for the facelift of the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC).
The said expenditures are part of the additional allocation of Sh21.1 billion comprising Sh6.9 billion under recurrent and Sh14.4 billion under development expenditure that the National Treasury has approved under Article 223 of the constitution.
Of the money, Sh698.8 million has already been disbursed.
In addition, the allocation in the Office of the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been increased by Sh759.5 million from Sh3.8 billion to Sh4.2 billion to cater for operations and maintenance as well as for the refurbishment of the boardroom.
The budget for the office of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has not been affected as it currently stands at Sh1.12 billion but key vote heads under the department have been reduced.
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Part of the allocation reduced include; the reduction of the vote for the State Department for Parliamentary Affairs by Sh276.5 million from Sh669.5 million to Sh393 million after allocation towards the Parliamentary Liaison and Legislative Affairs was reduced by Sh74.3 million, the allocation for policy coordination and Strategy reduced by Sh74.8 million while the vote for general administration, planning and support services has been reduced by Sh127.4 million due to budget rationalization.
The State Department for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional Development received Sh4.7 billion while the allocation for emergency relief and Refugee Assistance received an additional Sh2 billion to cater for drought and humanitarian emergency response.
The State Department for Medical Services got an additional Sh1.59 billion, the National Referral and Specialised Services Sh 1.3 billion, and the Transforming Health Systems for Universal Health Care project Sh 1.3 billion.
The State Department for Energy got Sh2.4 billion for power transmission and distribution, the Eastern Electricity Highway project Sh1.6 billion while the Department for Crop Development and Management Sh2.5 billion out of which Sh2.24 billion is for crop-post harvest loss management and Sh250 million is for National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) dryers and Bulk Storage facility.
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