Kilifi County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2014

Abstract

The Kilifi County Budget review and outlook paper provides for analysis of the financial years allocation and expenditure in the financial year 2013/2014 with a focus on how efficient the county has been spending their funds in service delivery to the public. It also provides an insight on how funds were allocated to various departments taking into account the department’s allocation and expenditure during the period under review. Specifically the paper provides for assessment of departments and the capacities to absorb the allocated funds making it an essential tool for informing the budgeting process in the next financial year. The CBROP also gives an overview of the revenue target and achieved and analyses the any reasons that might be the in for the deviations for the targets. The CBROP gives a view of the overall fiscal performance in terms both the recurrent and the development expenditure. The CBROP also gives the projections of the budget in a 3 year rolling MTEF cycle per department analyzing both the recurrent and development expenditure. This paper also indicates the key departments that account for large allocation of development vote and their achievement in term of development activities implemented during the financial year 2013/2014 towards improvement of the welfare of the people of Kilifi.