- The county aims to raise Sh1 billion through appropriations in aid, reflecting a decrease of Sh88.4 million from the previous financial year.
- It has also set an ambitious target of raising Sh1.1 billion in local revenue, marking a growth of Sh325 million.
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Bungoma government has allocated Sh4.4 billion to run the health docket for the financial year 2024-25, the assembly committee on the budget said.
The budget is expected to serve a population of 1.7 million.
On Thursday, the Bungoma County Assembly approved the annual budget for the financial year 2024-25. According to the approved Annual Appropriations Bill, the county allocated Sh15.2 billion for its operations beginning July 1, 2024.
Of this amount, Sh10.3 billion is designated for recurrent expenditure, while Sh4.8 billion is earmarked for development. These allocations represent 68 per cent for recurrent expenses and 32 per cent for development.
The committee, chaired by Kimaeti MCA Jack Wambulwa, said the county will also receive an equitable share of Sh11.2 billion from the national government, reflecting an increase of Sh167 million from the current year’s allocation.
Additionally, the county will receive conditional grants from the national government totalling Sh487 million and an additional Sh1.2 billion from development partners, who will support various initiatives.
The initiatives include the Health department, Urban Support Programme (Sh35 million), Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (Sh297 million), Finance of Locally led Climate Action Programme, Water (Sh11 million), a climate change grant (Sh153 million) and a KOICA grant (Sh500 million).
The county aims to raise Sh1 billion through appropriations in aid, reflecting a decrease of Sh88.4 million from the previous financial year.
It has also set an ambitious target of raising Sh1.1 billion in local revenue, marking a growth of Sh325 million.
Other notable allocations include department of finance and economic planning (Sh1.2 billion), education and vocational training (Sh1.6 billion), Office of the Governor (Sh723 million), public administration (Sh594 million) and county assembly (Sh1.3 billion).
The county committee said that most development activities will be undertaken by the departments of agriculture, livestock, fisheries and cooperative development, with a total development allocation of Sh677 million.
The department of roads and public works has an allocation of Sh1.3 billion, of which Sh1.2 billion is set aside for development. The department of water and natural resources also has a substantial allocation of Sh680 million for development projects.
However the committee reported that Sh59 million to be moved from the roads and public works department and Sh10 million to be added to ward-based projects in the department of roads and public works department.
The announced Sh25 million will be added to garbage collection in the department of tourism and environment and Sh10 million to be added to the construction of tea factory in departments of agriculture, livestock, fisheries and cooperative development
Having successfully gone through the entire process, the budget will now be sent to the governor for assent before being gazetted for subsequent implementation at the start of the new financial year.