Kilifi County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2019

Abstract

The 2019 County Budget Review and Outlook Paper is a year-end report on FY 2018/19 budget and includes previous economic and fiscal projections, current economic and fiscal position as well as indicative allocation of resources to departments/divisions for the next fiscal year. FY 2018/19 budget was premised on the transformative agenda that has been under implementation since the County’s inauguration, but focus shifted from structural to people transformation. The country successfully transitioned from the centralized to devolved system of government in 2013 with the county government setting up administrative and functional structures to effectively deliver on its mandate to the people. The county government also moved in to bridge the gap on availability of structures for dispensaries, health centers, markets, social halls, agro-processing plants, sub-county administration blocks and classrooms by constructing buildings for such purposes. These infrastructural projects were a physical tier to the structural transformation, which together with staffing in critical service areas such as public finance management, devolution services, medical services and early childhood education laid the foundation for taking services closer to the people. With the administrative structures and infrastructural projects i