Kenya: CJ Maraga Warns 70 Projects Will Stall After Budget Cuts

Nairobi — A total of 70 ongoing court modernization and construction projects are headed for a halt following drastic budgetary cuts, Chief Justice David Maraga warned on Tuesday.

According to Maraga, the downward revision of Judiciary funding capped at Sh17.3 billion in the 2018/19 national budgetary policy statement to Sh14.5 billion in the Appropriation Act had left the Judiciary with only Sh50 million in development budget.

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