Elgeyo Marakwet County Approved Budget Estimates 2020/2021

Abstract

The preparation of County Budget requires adherence to policy documents and predetermined legislation. Section 12 of the second schedule of the PFM Act 2012 gives direction on how counties’ annual budgets are to be prepared and submitted to the County Assemblies for deliberations and approval. The planning and budget policy documents include; Annual Development Plan (ADP), County Budget Review and Outlook Paper (CBROP), County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) and County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP). Current CIDP, which is on its final stages of preparation, was prepared with priorities obtained from citizens through public participation. These priorities informed the budget priorities in financial year 2020/2021. Another important document is ADP. The objectives of this budget are informed by the 2020/21 FY Annual Development Plan (ADP) which was also subjected to public participation, just like CIDP. Departmental needs analysis was done to determine allocations to the various programmes and sub programmes in line with the CFSP ceilings. CFSP sets the limits upon which funds are allocated to the sector and sub-sector priorities. In development allocation per ward, this budget has ensured equitable sharing across all Wards on the basis of the County Equitable Development Act, 2015.