In allocating the amount, the Parliamentary Budget and Appropriation Committee led by Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichugwa conveniently slashed only Sh14 million from the recurrent expenditure out of Sh18.8 billion budget cut target, chopping off more from development spend. The biggest loser in the country’s supplementary budget for the current financial year is Sh2.02 billion cut the State Department of Infrastructure whose development spends, receiving Sh5.2 billion from the Sh73.1 billion budget. The parliament cut sliced Ministry of Energy’s development budget by Sh2.1 billion, most of it meant for power transmission and distribution. The Kenyan government has always raised the development budget in its austerity plans despite below-par allocation. The cut on development budget is against persistent warnings from both local and international economic experts.

Source: The Star December 09, 2019 00:56 UTC