Kwale County Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2019/2020

Abstract

The primary purpose of preparing this 2020 C-BROP is to review the fiscal performance of the FY 2019/2020 budget. This coupled with the review of recent economic developments and updated macroeconomic outlook and fiscal projections made will give the basis for preparation of supplementary estimates for FY 2020/2021 and the focus for FY 2021/2022 budget and the medium term. Implementation of the of the FY 2019/2020 budget commenced in the second quarter of the financial year on a very slow pace owing to delays in the release of funds from the National Treasury and late procurement processes due to systems challenges. With the emergence of the Covid-19 global pandemic in the third quarter of the financial year, implementation of development projects came to a standstill due to the imposed restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronas virus. Due to the socio-economic challenges brought by the coronavirus, fiscal measures were undertaken with a bid to cushion the citizens including small scale traders in the sectors of transport, tourism, wholesale and retail businesses.