One is some development partner
projects like, Mwache Dam where funding was at risk of being withdrawn if we didn't
comply. Actually, we are creating space for donor funding so that they are able
to pay for the work that has been done and that could not wait for the next
financial year.
Then there is the issue of World Cup
with KBC, we have given Sh150 million for KBC to be able to partner in the
advertisement of World Cup. We have also provided some money for the
Ministry of Public Service to complete the automation of the human resource
integration system to help us get this salary cheats.
Then there is the money for the teachers
who marked the exam but had not been paid Sh1.5 billion. After consulting
with the President, we agreed that we should provide that money and we pay them
before the end of the financial year. That debt will now be settled.
The appropriation in aid plus the
donor funded projects are not creating any more expenditures.
The one where we are going to spend
more is about Sh8 billion and includes the KBC allocation, the Sh1.5 billion
for examination invigilation fee, and then security sector.
I know people have issues with
security, but honestly, there are a lot of things that Kenyans may not be told.
If there is some pressure about security, it will be negligent and careless for
me not to approve.
Supplementary budget is not about
money being requested to be spent going forward. It is money already spent but is being regularised.
Article 223 is what we are
regularising. There is nothing in law like supplementary budget. What is in law
is that the government can spend money and seek approval later.
Much of that money has already been
spent, like the ones on security and all that have already been spent.
When you have contracts for things
like police modernisation, there are timelines to those contracts. If you fail
to pay, then it becomes an additional expenditure on you.
The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary spoke to the Star
