And in their 2021/2022 budgets, counties across Nyanza region have allocated most of their budgets to recurrent expenditure, as has been the trend in counties since 2013. Out of this, recurrent expenditure alone has taken Sh5.6 billion, which is almost 80 per cent of the total budget. In the Kisii County Budget presented by the Finance Executive Moses Onderi, a total of Sh8 billion has been allocated for recurrent expenditure as development gets Sh4 billion. The county assembly has been allocated Sh1.1 billion, with recurrent expenditure at Sh977.9 million. In Homa Bay, the county assembly approved a budget of Sh8.6 billion with recurrent expenditure of Sh5.57 billion.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2021 08:15 UTC