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The set  of  policies outlined in this County Budget Review and Outlook Paper reflects the changed fiscal circumstances  and are broadly in line with the  with the  fiscal responsibility principles outlined in the PFM law.  They are also consistent with the 2018/2022 County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) and national strategic objectives perused by the county government as the basis of allocating public resources.

The fiscal outcome for FY 2017/18 had implication of the financial objectives elaborated in the last county fiscal strategy paper approved by County Assembly in March 2018. The county government continued to struggle with high wage bill, low local revenue collection and lots of service delivery demands. This occurrences subdued the county government fiscal policy initiatives and responsibilities.

Going forward, the cumulative revenue forecast for FY 2019/20 will rise marginally while county own source revenues are expected to remain unchanged. The reforms in local revenue administration as well as legislative reviews of the current revenue related laws through the Finance bill, 2018 are expected to strengthen local revenue performance.

The policies and provisional departmental ceilings annexed herewith will guide the county sectors and sub sectors in preparation of the 2019/20 budget. These ceilings will form inputs into the next CFSP which will be finalized by end February 2019.