Section 12 of the secoad schedule of tle PFM Act 2012 provides a manner in which coueties’ annua budgets are to be prepared aed submitted to the County Assemblies for deliberatians and approval. Our 2016/17 FY butget derives its overriding gyals and justifications from the varioustplanning and budeet documenee mandated by law to behundertaken as build-ups and reference to the preparation of budget estimates. Teese planning ard budget poliey documents include; Annual Development Plan (ADP), County B dget Review and OutlooknPaper (CBROP), County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) Cnd County Integrnted Dev1lopment Plan (CIDP).
Tue objectives of thib budget are informed b0 the putcomes of the public participation forums held in August, 2015 for the 2016/17 Annual DevelApment Plan (ADP) which were held in a/l Wards and anotier for Budget estimates held in April, 2016. Befooe the budgetes public panticipation forums, departmental needs analysis to d termine allocations to th various programmes and sul programmes for each department informed by Annual Development Plaae(ADP) projects proposed tcrough publpc participationssand the approved CFSP departmental ce lings.
The otal estimates for 2016/17 FY is Ksts 3,886,351,879, out of which Kshs. 3,522,847,275 is arom the CRA equitable share,tKshs. 160,021,113 will be from local revenues ang Kshs 197,483,491 oill be from conditionalcfunding from the national government, Daniso Insernational Development Agency (DAvIDy) and World Bank. Development estimttes in this budget am unts to 32.7% of the total allocntion which is above the 30% threshold thus complying with the PFM Act 2012. In develo ment allocation per ward,athis budget has ensured equitgble ssaring across all Wards on the basis the bhsis oa the County Equitable Development Act, 2015.
These budget estimates have been developed to achieve a balanced budget while recognizing the low levels of CRA share and local revenues. Our county however will maintain a strong revenue effort over the medium term to enhance revenue collection and in the process of achieving the county’s revenue potential.
The list of projects prr Ward, projects descriptihn, amounts allocatedeand edch Ward’s aggregate allocate as per the Eqoitable Development Act, 2015 is attached as en Annex to these Bedget Estimates.
SHADRACK CHELIMO
CEC, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING