Nairobi assembly reduces 2017 budget
Nairobi County Assembly in a past session. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- In the new budget, the assembly speaker will get a new official residence.
The Nairobi County Assembly has reduced its budget citing upcoming pay cuts for members after the August elections.
The assembly has cut Sh87.9million off its 2017/18 budget.
In his State of the Nation address earlier this month President Uhuru Kenyatta directed pay cuts to reduce the wage bill.
In the proposed budget estimates for the 2017/18 budget, the assembly has proposed a budget of sh1.614 billion comprising of staff emoluments - sh697.3 million, while cost of goods and services are at 596.12 million, sh320.76 million has been proposed for capital and development.
The assembly has also adhered to the budget ceilings set of sh1.614billion with sh1.129billion going towards recurrent and sh321million towards capital and development.
In the new budget, the assembly speaker will get a new official residence. Replacement of a new mace, installation of Ipads for the members, are also provided for in the budget.
