Kajiado County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2021

Abstract

The 2021 County Budget and Outlook Paper (CBROP) focuses on analysing the actual fiscal performance of FY 2020/21 compared to the budget appropriated that year. This is the eighth CBROP to be prepared since the inception of the county government. It also evaluates any economic and financial achievements and variations forecasted in the County Fiscal Strategy Paper. The County revised budget was Kshs.10.05 billion with an allocation of Kshs.6.45 billion to recurrent expenditure and Kshs.3.59 billion to development expenditure. Further, recurrent expenditure constituted Kshs.3.97 billion Personnel Emoluments and Kshs.2.48 billion Operations and Maintenance. The FY 2020/21 fiscal performance shows a Kshs.8.95 billion expenditure performance, representing an absorption rate of 89.08 percent. The actual recurrent expenditure was Kshs.6.07 billion (94.1 percent) while development expenditure totalled Kshs.2.88 billion (79.9 percent).