James Anyanzwa
30 April 2008
Nairobi — The newly created Prime Minister office will be allocated Sh314 million to finance its operations over the next two months.
Tabling a supplementary budget estimates in Parliament, Finance minister, Mr Amos Kimunya, is soliciting extra funding amounting to Sh21.4 billion to plug-in a shortfall in Government financing for the financial year 2007/08.
The allocations to the office of the PM consist of Sh71 million to be spent on development projects, including general maintenance and other assets, and Sh243 million for the recurrent expenditures- such as salaries and implementation of performance contracts.
Also to be covered by the PM's office include Inspectorate and Monitory Services and the Efficiency Monitory Unit, which were transferred from the Public Service office headed by Mr Francis Muthaura.
Also in the estimates, the two offices of the Deputy Prime Ministers will require Sh2.4 billion to finance their expenditures.
Also to benefit from this initiative are other newly created ministries under the Grand Coalition Government.
The ministry of Medical Services will be allocated Sh102 million, Electoral Commission of Kenya (Sh416 million), Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development (Sh42 million) and Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands (Sh1.7 billion).
The Ministry of Finance will be seeking an additional allocation of Sh7 billion to finance its operations for the financial year ending on June 30.
This amount would be used on administration and planning, financial services, divestiture of public enterprises, capital and share investments in banks and other financial institutions. Other spending will be used to finance reforms in parastatals.
The Ministry of Tourism will get a Sh669 million grant towards the promotion of the sector.
The fresh attempt to seek new funding indicates that last year's Budget proposal targets fell short of expectation.
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