Busia County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2018

Abstract

The County Treasury pursuant to section 117(1) and (6) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 2012 has prepared this County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2018 and aligned the proposed revenue and expenditure plan to the national financial objectives as contained in the National Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2018. The CFSP sets out the county's priority programs to be implemented under the 2018/19–2020/21 FY’s Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) The Fiscal Strategy Paper outlines economic policies and structural reforms as well as sector-based expenditure programmes that the county government intends to implement in the medium term in order to achieve the broad goal of the County government’s development agenda. In particular, it emphasizes on continued shift of resources in favour of growth and job creation, and to support stronger private-sector investment in pursuit of new economic opportunities. The proposed fiscal framework ensures persistent fiscal discipline and provides support for sustained growth, broad-based development and employment growth that benefits all. On the Post- 2015 development agenda, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and respective 169 targets and 230 indicators have been mainstreamed into the CIDP 2018-2022 based on key thematic areas that include advocacy and awareness creation; domestication and localizing SDGs; capacity building; stakeholder mapping and engagement; monitoring and reporting and resource mobilization.