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The Ministry of Education will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Sh12.7 billion a parliamentary committee wants added to the fiscal year 2022/23.
In the additional funds Sh2.5 billion is to recruit 5,000 teachers as the government attempts to cut the shortage estimated at 100,000 teachers.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and union officials have been pressing for more teachers to be hired in order to facilitate a successful transition from primary to secondary school.
Despite the controversy surrounding the Competency-Based Curriculum, MPs gave it a greenlight and allocated Sh4 billion to continue its implementation.
Additionally, Members of the next Parliament will also be one of the biggest beneficiarie of a parliamentary committee’s addition of Sh124 billion to the budget for fiscal year 2022/23.
This brings the total expenditure to Sh2.199 trillion, up from Sh2.075 trillion in the National Treasury’s Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2022/23 forecast.
The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee report on the BPS, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, proposes an additional Sh27.2 billion for Parliament’s budget, Sh16 billion for the Ministry of Health, Sh13. 7 billion for Agriculture and Livestock, Sh13.2 billion for Defense, and Sh10.7 billion for Housing.
If included in the final statement, Parliament’s budget will total Sh65.7 billion, with the additional money to cover a one-time spend on car grants (Sh4.2 billion), a Sh6.67 billion gratuities for county employees, and Sh873 million for a post-retirement medical scheme and mortgage fund.
“The committee observed that the additional requests include one-off expenditures amounting to Sh11.7 billion, which are unavoidable under the current circumstances given the lapsing of the 12th Parliament,” said the committee.
MPs suggested an additional Sh16 billion to the main docket, with Sh1.2 billion for salaries at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Sh1.2 billion for KNH Othaya Hospital, and a similar sum for salaries at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa).
MPs have also suggested increased funding of Sh1.4 billion for Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Sh1 billion for intern salaries and Sh381 million for blood supply.
The committee looked at increasing the Ministry of Defence’s budget to include recurring spending of Sh6 billion, a Sh3.6 billion development vote for modernizing equipment, Sh500 million for border security, and Sh500 million for significant equipment repair.
To cover deficits in general administration, planning, and support services, an additional Sh2.5 billion was granted under recurrent spending, bringing the ministry’s total budget for FY 2022/23 to Sh170.77 billion.
Within the security docket, the committee also approved Sh6.5 billion for the State Department for Interior and Citizen Services, including Sh5.8 billion for police insurance enhancement, Sh200 million for immigration service automation in preparation for the epassport rollout, and Sh300 million for the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to roll out smart driving licenses through Huduma Centres and refurbish motor vehicle inspection centres. This is addition to a Sh3.3 billion increase in funding for the National Intelligence Service (NIS) for recurrent expenditure and intelligence equipment modernization.
The NIS budget is estimated to be Sh48.8 billion in total.
“The ever-increasing NIS budget is partially as a result of its position in vital strategic national objectives, including geo-physical survey,” the departmental committee on Defense and Foreign Relations noted. Some of the counties have finished the survey.
The budget for the education and research docket was increased by Sh12.7 billion, of which Sh2.5 billion will be utilized to hire 5,000 secondary school teachers.
MPs have also recommended an additional Sh4 billion for public universities to cover lecturer wages, as well as an additional Sh2 billion for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to fund the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) program.
The National Assembly proposes an additional Sh8.9 billion to fund development projects in the housing sector, including Sh200 million for police housing, Sh1.8 billion for social housing, Sh1 billion for affordable housing, Sh5 billion for the Housing Development Fund, and Sh660 million for the construction of 6,100 houses for civil servants.
A total of Sh13.38 billion was given to the State Department for Crop Development and Agricultural Research, with Sh10.88 billion going to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to stock National Food Reserve commodities and Sh1.5 billion going to
help 200,000 smallholder farmers get inputs.
Even while extra money for the agencies was suggested for the 2019 fiscal year, others, such as the State Department for Social Protection, will lose out after the Treasury withdrew a total of Sh110 million from the BPS proposal.
Other agencies that have lost are those whose budgetary needs, led by the State Department for Regional and Northern Corridor Development, have yet to be addressed in the latest plans.
The Ministry of Education will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Sh12.7 billion a parliamentary committee wants added to the fiscal year 2022/23.
In the additional funds Sh2.5 billion is to recruit 5,000 teachers as the government attempts to cut the shortage estimated at 100,000 teachers.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and union officials have been pressing for more teachers to be hired in order to facilitate a successful transition from primary to secondary school.
Despite the controversy surrounding the Competency-Based Curriculum, MPs gave it a greenlight and allocated Sh4 billion to continue its implementation.
Additionally, Members of the next Parliament will also be one of the biggest beneficiaries of a parliamentary committee’s addition of Sh124 billion to the budget for fiscal year 2022/23.
This brings the total expenditure to Sh2.199 trillion, up from Sh2.075 trillion in the National Treasury’s Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2022/23 forecast.
The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee report on the BPS, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, proposes an additional Sh27.2 billion for Parliament’s budget, Sh16 billion for the Ministry of Health, Sh13. 7 billion for Agriculture and Livestock, Sh13.2 billion for Defense, and Sh10.7 billion for Housing.
If included in the final statement, Parliament’s budget will total Sh65.7 billion, with the additional money to cover a one-time spend on car grants (Sh4.2 billion), a Sh6.67 billion gratuities for county employees, and Sh873 million for a post-retirement medical scheme and mortgage fund. “The committee observed that the additional requests include one-off xpenditures amounting to Sh11.7 billion, which are unavoidable under the current circumstances given the lapsing of the 12th Parliament,” said the committee.
MPs suggested an additional Sh16 billion to the main docket, with Sh1.2 billion for salaries at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Sh1.2 billion for KNH Othaya Hospital, and a similar sum for salaries at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa).
MPs have also suggested increased funding of Sh1.4 billion for Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Sh1 billion for intern salaries and Sh381 million for blood supply.
The committee looked at increasing the Ministry of Defence’s budget to include recurring spending of Sh6 billion, a Sh3.6 billion development vote for modernizing equipment,
Sh500 million for border security, and Sh500 million for significant equipment repair.
To cover deficits in general administration, planning, and support services, an additional Sh2.5 billion was granted under recurrent spending, bringing the ministry’s total budget for FY 2022/23 to Sh170.77 billion.
Within the security docket, the committee also approved Sh6.5 billion for the State Department for Interior and Citizen Services, including Sh5.8 billion for police insurance enhancement, Sh200 million for immigration service automation in preparation for the epassport rollout, and Sh300 million for the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to roll out smart driving licenses through Huduma Centres and refurbish motor vehicle inspection centres.
5000 Teachers be Employed
This is addition to a Sh3.3 billion increase in funding for the National Intelligence Service (NIS) for recurrent expenditure and intelligence equipment modernization.
The NIS budget is estimated to be Sh48.8 billion in total. “The ever-increasing NIS budget is partially as a result of its position in vital strategic national objectives, including geo-physical survey,” the departmental committee on Defense and Foreign Relations noted. Some of the counties have finished the survey.
The budget for the education and research docket was increased by Sh12.7 billion, of which Sh2.5 billion will be utilized to hire 5,000 secondary school teachers.
MPs have also recommended an additional Sh4 billion for public universities to cover lecturer wages, as well as an additional Sh2 billion for the Teachers Service Commission
(TSC) to fund the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) program.
5000 Teachers be Employed
The National Assembly proposes an additional Sh8.9 billion to fund development projects in the housing sector, including Sh200 million for police housing, Sh1.8 billion for social housing, Sh1 billion for affordable housing, Sh5 billion for the Housing Development
Fund, and Sh660 million for the construction of 6,100 houses for civil servants.
A total of Sh13.38 billion was given to the State Department for Crop Development and Agricultural Research, with Sh10.88 billion going to the National Cereals and Produce
Board (NCPB) to stock National Food Reserve commodities and Sh1.5 billion going to help 200,000 smallholder farmers get inputs.
Even while extra money for the agencies was suggested for the 2019 fiscal year, others, such as the State Department for Social Protection, will lose out after the Treasury withdrew a total of Sh110 million from the BPS proposal.
5000 Teachers be Employed
Other agencies that have lost are those whose budgetary needs, led by the State Department for Regional and Northern Corridor Development, have yet to be addressed in the latest plans.
The Ministry of Education will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Sh12.7 billion a parliamentary committee wants added to the fiscal year 2022/23.
In the additional funds Sh2.5 billion is to recruit 5,000 teachers as the government attempts to cut the shortage estimated at 100,000 teachers.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and union officials have been pressing for more teachers to be hired in order to facilitate a successful transition from primary to secondary school.
5000 Teachers be Employed
Despite the controversy surrounding the Competency-Based Curriculum, MPs gave it a greenlight and allocated Sh4 billion to continue its implementation.
Additionally, Members of the next Parliament will also be one of the biggest beneficiaries of a parliamentary committee’s addition of Sh124 billion to the budget for fiscal year 2022/23.
This brings the total expenditure to Sh2.199 trillion, up from Sh2.075 trillion in the National Treasury’s Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2022/23 forecast.
The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee report on the BPS, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, proposes an additional Sh27.2 billion for
Parliament’s budget, Sh16 billion for the Ministry of Health, Sh13. 7 billion for Agriculture and Livestock, Sh13.2 billion for Defense, and Sh10.7 billion for Housing.
If included in the final statement, Parliament’s budget will total Sh65.7 billion, with the additional money to cover a one-time spend on car grants (Sh4.2 billion), a Sh6.67 billion gratuities for county employees, and Sh873 million for a post-retirement medical scheme and mortgage fund.
