Kakamega County Programme Based Budget 2017/2018

Abstract

The 2017/2018 Budget is tabled at a time when first term of county government is ending and expectations continue to be high for performance. County Government is unwavering in its commitment to stay on course of sound fiscal management in the face of this challenging environment. The approach of using the expenditure ceiling as a fiscal control mechanism, as provided in Public Finance Management Act No 18 of 2012, serves this purpose well. To achieve the fiscal adjustment necessary, the expenditure level has been reasonably set and further revenue enhancement measures introduced in the 2017/18 MTEF period. Over the 2017/18- MTEF period expenditure is Ksh 13.169 billion, which will grow at an average annual rate of 6 per cent of the revised budget. During consultations in the budget preparation process trade-offs in financing different policy objectives were carefully examined and culminated in recommendations on how policies, practices and organizational arrangements would be adjusted in line with the national Treasury Budget Policy Statement and other key policy documents including County Fiscal Strategy Paper- 2017/18, County Integrated Development Plan of 2013-2017, the Annual Development Plan and the County Governor Manifesto and in a manner consistent with fiscal consolidation.