Kirinyaga County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2021

Abstract

This County Budget Review Outlook Paper (CBROP) is prepared in line with section 118 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. It reviews the actual fiscal performance of the financial year 2020/21 and makes comparisons to the budget appropriations of the same year. It further provides forecasts with sufficient information to show changes from the projections outlined in the latest County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP). In reviewing the fiscal performance, this paper analyzes the performance of county own revenue in the FY 2020/21. It has included the total revenue collected and made comparison to projected revenue for the same year. The fiscal performance of the FY 2020/21 budget was below target on particularly on own source revenue shortfalls. COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures have negatively impacted economic growth in the county leading to job losses. The County Government’s total approved budget as contained in Supplementary 3 for 2020-21 FY amounts to KShs 6.795 Billion with a recurrent allocation of 4.237 Billion and development allocation of 2.558 Billion.