County to spend Sh14 million on deputy governor's car
Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi (right) confers with his deputy Titus Ntuchiu during a press conference about an audit report by Deloitte, on January 19, 2018 in Meru. They want to reduce the wage bill. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Meru County intends to spend an average of Sh7.4 million to pay casual workers monthly in the coming year.
- The county plans to drill 100 boreholes and rehabilitate 300 street children and orphans.
The Meru County government will buy a vehicle for the deputy governor at a cost of Sh14 million.
The county will also use Sh90 million to build houses for the governor and deputy governor, its 2018/2019 budget estimates reveal.
It will further allocate Sh4.5 billion for recurrent expenditure, Sh2.6 billion for goods and services and Sh3 billion for development.
If the budget estimates are approved by the county assembly, it will spend Sh200 million to lease medical equipment in the next financial year.
The money will be paid to the national government under the managed equipment services programme.
WAGE BILL
The county will also spend Sh200 million on leasing medical equipment in the next financial year.
The Kiraitu Murungi-led administration hopes to raise Sh863 million as local revenue.
The Sh10.26 billion budget will be presented to the residents for scrutiny beginning Tuesday, before approval by the assembly.
After sacking more than 1,000 casual workers early this year to rollback Sh15 million monthly wage bill, the county intends to spend an average of Sh7.4 million to pay casual workers monthly in the coming year.
The exiting workers will take up Sh28.5 million as gratuity while the executive will gobble Sh150 million on loans and mortgages.
EDUCATION
Major expenditures include Sh135.5 million (scholarships and bursaries), Sh101.4 million (free school milk programme), Sh70 million for Meru Youth Service, while distribution of seeds and seedlings will take up Sh29.2 million.
A Sh25.5 million disaster management fund has been established.
The agriculture, livestock and fisheries department intends to purchase and distribute 75.7 tonnes of beans and green gram seeds, 47,083 fruit tree seedlings, 20 Sahiwal bulls and 1,000 fish breeding stock.
The regional government plans to drill 100 boreholes, employ 400 Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) teachers, rehabilitate 300 street children and orphans, and improve 25 kilometers of road per ward.
Through the trade department, the county has set aside Sh10 million for construction of 600 modern kiosks in major towns.
The Nyambene wildlife conservancy has been allocated Sh9.5 million for development.
