Nyamira County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2014

Abstract

The County Budget Review and Outlook Paper (CBROP) presents the fiscal performance for the last financial year 2013/14 against the Budget appropriation for that year and how the actual performance may have affected compliance with the fiscal responsibility principles or the financial objectives. The updated macroeconomic outlook therein also provides us with a reason for any deviation from the financial objectives in the County Fiscal Strategy paper together with the proposals to address the deviations and the time estimated for doing so. In the previous financial year, we were able to develop the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), departmental strategic plans and work plans, all meant for implementation of the budget for that financial year. The delayed approval of the CIDP led to the low absorption of funds, making the implementation of the planned projects in that financial year to spill over to the current financial year. Also, delayed disbursement of funds from the National government adversely affected budget implementation. We closed the financial year satisfactorily, despite the teething problems and challenges faced in the process of implementing and putting in place the County Government structures.