Nairobi County Assembly has passed the KES 38.3 billion 2022/2023 Appropriation Bill, a move that will push county operations into full gear while enabling Governor Johnson Sakaja to deliver on his pledges.
The school feeding programme, which is among Sakaja’s top priorities, received a boost after members allowed the Finance Committee to slash KES 400 million from the insurance kitty and inject it into the school kitty.
“We slashed the amount from the insurance because we have to actualise what the governor promised city residents, like the central kitchens for school feeding programs,” Wilfred Odalo, chairman of the committee, as quoted by Standard Group.
A breakdown of the bill includes KES 26.98 billion for recurrent expenditures and KES 11.35 billion for development expenditures.
At the same time, all 85 wards in Nairobi will receive KES 6 million from the previous KES 3.5 million in school bursaries for needy students, while emergency response and recovery in the city will receive a boost of KES 100 million.
In a move to boost small-scale traders, the Nairobi county Assembly recommended an increase of KES 20 million for the allocation of trade, commerce and tourism sectors.
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