Treasury allocates KSh24 million for Kibaki mausoleum
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National Treasury allocates KSh24 million for the construction of the late President Mwai Kibaki mausoleum
National Treasury allocates KSh24 million for the construction of the late President Mwai Kibaki mausoleum.
The National Treasury has allocated Sh24 million for the construction of a mausoleum for the late former President Mwai Kibaki, budget disclosures show.
Mr Kibaki died on April 22, 2022, at 90 and was buried on April 30 in his ancestral Othaya home where he was accorded a state burial with military honours.
The Sh24 million mausoleum expenditure is covered in the approved budget estimates for the current 2022/23 financial year.
This will be the State’s second significant expenditure for the late Mwai Kibaki’s funeral.
The Treasury last April spent Sh260 million through a supplementary budget to finance the State funeral for the former Head of State.
A supplementary budget estimate tabled in Parliament on May 24, 2022, revealed that Sh260 million was released on April 25 to cater for the unforeseen expenditure following the death of the country’s third president.
To enable the sudden expenditure, the Treasury invoked Article 223 of the Constitution which allows the State to spend money not approved by Parliament and seek approval of lawmakers within two months of expenditure.
According to the Constitution, when the National Assembly has approved spending under clause (2), an appropriation Bill shall be introduced for the appropriation of the money spent.
The late Kibaki’s burial funds were released through the State Department for Interior and Citizen Services.
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The latest budget documents by the Treasury still do not show the expenses for the send-off of Mwai Kibaki’s predecessor Daniel Arap Moi who died on February 4, 2020.
A retired Head of State in Kenya is entitled to attractive pension perks.
Before their deaths, Moi and Kibaki each received good retirement benefits, including a fleet of luxury cars, a fully furnished office, and about 40 workers.
The retired heads of State were also entitled to other perks like fuel, house, and entertainment allowances running into hundreds of thousands of shillings that were paid for from the Presidency budget.
For instance, running Moi’s and Kibaki’s offices cost taxpayers Sh243 million in the year to June 2020, with compensation to their staff, excluding those seconded from the government, taking Sh126 million.
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