Kisumu County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2022/2023

Abstract

The Kisumu County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP 2022) is prepared as provided under section 117 of PFM Act of 2012. It sets out the county priority programmes to be implemented during the financial year 2022/2023 and over the MTEF period. Preparation of this document has been done through collaborated effort and therefore reflects the needs of people of Kisumu County. The document has been aligned to key National and County policy documents which include and not limited to; the Kenya Vision 2030, MTP III 2018-2022,Budget Policy Statement(BPS),CIDP 2018-2022 ADP 2022/2023, and Kisumu County COVID-19 Social Economic Re-Engineering Recovery Strategy 2020/21-2022/23. The County has continued to record positive economic development as a result of improved infrastructure, revitalized agricultural sector and the significant investments in other sectors including health, education and trade. To keep this development pace, the focus of FY 2022/2023 will be geared towards completing developing projects initiated in the previous periods and putting the County Government on stable fiscal ground. In particular, this fiscal strategy focuses on reducing pending bills in the County and building the County headquarters. Among the pending bills are payment of pension funds for staff gratuity and other welfare/benefits expenditures, which are arears.