•The amount set for emergency services is however low compared compared to the amount set for repairs and maintenance of county vehicles.
•The cut on development expenditure will see allocations for operations and maintenance across all Sectors be reduced by 10 percent.
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Nairobi County now proposing to increase take home pay by its employees by Sh3.12 billion and reduce the development expenditure by Sh5.5 billion in its new supplementary budget.
This will see recurrent expenditure rise to Sh31 billion from an initial Sh28.3 billion and reduction of development spend to about Sh8.5 billion from the Sh14 billion that had been set to be spent this year.
The cut on development expenditure will see allocations for operations and maintenance across all Sectors be reduced by 10 percent. While development allocation for the County Assembly has been reduced by Sh115 million.
The recurrent expenditure on the other hand will see the office of the governor receive an additional Sh30 million.
According the chairman of the Nairobi City County Assembly budget committee Wilfred Odallo, the county will use Sh1.9 billion to clear power bills owed to Kenya Power and debts owed to Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA).
“To reduce pending bills an additional Sh300 million has been set aside to pay KEMSA pending bills, Sh330 for KPLC pending bills and an additional Sh1billion for recurrent related pending bills,” said Odallo in the county Assembly budget committee report.
Despite the push by the national government for the counties to clear pending bills, Nairobi has reduced the allocation for development related pending bills by Sh300 million.
The governor Sakaja’s administration has also set aside an additional allocation of Sh140 million for Emergency Fund to combat Disaster and Response Recovery within Office of the Governor and Deputy Governor sector.
The amount set for emergency services is however low compared compared to the amount set for repairs and maintenance of county vehicles.
“To support the County's expanded fleet the allocation for lubricants, repairs and maintenance be increased by Sh200million,” the report reads.
In a bid to boost its operational efficiency and address financial obligations, the county announced an allocation of Sh51 million, earmarked for the procurement of Green Army uniforms.
Additionally, an allocation of Sh60 million has been set aside for the acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for the fire personnel.
Under the pending bills repayment plan, the office of the County Attorney has been allocated a total of Sh200 million for the pending legal fees and arbitration, and additional Sh5million has been set for purchase of Law library books and research.
This is one per cent of the total 20billion pending bill for legal services which the county owes to various law firms for the services they offered.
The County also announced a series of upward budget adjustments, this will see the allocation for bursaries increased by Sh120 million.