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PM’s office to cost Sh700m
Prime minister Raila Odinga. Photo/FILe
Posted Wednesday, November 26 2008 at 21:29
Mr Michuki also said Sh414 million will go to school feeding programmes in arid and semi-arid areas.
The Appropriations Bill, also called the Supply Bill, marks the end of Parliament’s budget process authorisation for the Government to spend the money as stipulated in the Budget.
Mr Michuki also doled Sh1.1 billion to settle pending Bills that arose from unpaid contracts that were issued by the Ministry of Roads before 2003.
He, however, urged the Ministry of Public Works and that of Roads to expedite expenditures allocated for improving infrastructure.
Internal Security ministry will spend Sh1.866 billion on recruitment of police officers, while Sh1.279 billion was allocated for buying vehicles.
In a similar manner, he said salary adjustments and risk allowances for prison warders got Sh2.8 billion; Sh551 million for their housing scheme and Sh1.22 billion for specialised materials.
Opt to retire early
Some Sh220 million has been set aside for civil servants who will opt to retire early while salary increments for civil servants in Job Group D to L will take Sh3 billion.
Seconding the motion, Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang’ula argued that Kenya was a service economy and urged the Treasury to ensure strict financial discipline was followed.
Mr Ethuro questioned the decision by the Treasury to set aside Sh2 billion for emergencies. “What will Sh2 billion do for the entire North Eastern Kenya?” he asked.
Nambale MP Chris Okemo who chairs the parliamentary committee on Finance and Trade said that lawmakers should scrutinise most of the votes for ministries to ensure the allocations were for proper purposes.
The Bill sailed through the second reading and is awaiting scrutiny by MPs as it goes to the Third Stage.
The expenditures were based on the Sh761.7 billion Budget that was read in June by former Finance minister Amos Kimunya.
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Submitted by jmax01Posted November 28, 2008 09:52 PM
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Submitted by isuni_yilu
BIG govt costs and really 1B is not a lot of money for a key asset. Separate the person from the office and you may not have such a BIG problem as it may seem right now BUT having said that we have a lot of these acquisitions that are in various states of 'in'completion! Brace yourselves for a PM's house also. We can finance all these from teh proceeds of the MPs taxes if the PM and President prevailed on their charges to pay taxes like all other law abiding Kenyans.
Posted November 28, 2008 12:35 PM -
Submitted by zait
is there any need to complain anymore?is there any need to riot or demonstrate? ofcourse as long as the leader and the organiser is an MP!our Kenyan life is centred and controlled by the MP.and it makes no sense who the Mp is,wote ni sawa!
Posted November 28, 2008 03:31 AM -
Submitted by normke
Seems as a country we tend to put in more effort towards making leaders more comfortable and having the opposite effect on those supposed to be served. With all the buildings in Nairobi, is it that hard to find an office for the PM? We seriously have skewed policies,or is it screwed up leaders?
Posted November 28, 2008 03:18 AM -
Submitted by Daniel08
Do these people actually think of the welfare of the common person? Raila, should be fighting tooth and nail to get those fund re-directed toward a more humane activity such as re-housing the poor and venerable slum dwellers in his constituency, or at the least provide them with clan drinking water, decent sanitation or health care. The quality of leadership in Kenya is beyond questionable it clearly lacking and deficient. We need to eradicate this kind of leadership and everything they represent. Mr Michuki, should not even be considering such proposals in this economic climate.
Posted November 28, 2008 12:05 AM
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we have no say on this 700m and more will be spend regardless of what you say. once the coalition deal was signed we had to foot the bills to make our cry babies comfortable. this just one of them. think of how much more we are spending to run the additianal offices because of power hungry individuals who follow the colonial ideas of leadership.