Siaya County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2017

Abstract

This BROP gives a detailed analysis of actual fiscal performance of the County Government of Siaya for FY 2016/17 against the estimated budgetary allocations for the said FY. From the analysis, overall absorption rate for FY 2016/17 increased by 11 percentage points as compared to FY 2015/16 which had an absorption rate of 78 percent. Absorption rate of development budget was 63 percent compared to 56.8 percent for FY 2015/16. This achievement was realised despite the resource envelope for FY 2016/17 exceeding that for FY 2015/16. The year to year comparison of Own Source Revenue (OSR) for FY 2016/17 and 2015/16 showed an increase of 27.5 percent. These achievements are testament of sustained managerial changes aimed at improving service delivery. The 2016/17 budget was implemented on the backdrop of heightened political activities preceding the 2017 general elections. Stringent conditionalities imposed by the national treasury to access funds slowed down implementation of key programmes and projects. This notwithstanding, overall performance was satisfactory and the lessons learnt will inform managerial decisions in future.