Kwale Focus

Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya has today approved the county’s budget for the financial year 2018/19 passed earlier this week by the County Assembly. The budget which stands at 12.2 billion Kenyan shillings is the first county’s budget under Governor Mvurya’s administration since he was re-elected into office in the August 2017 polls.

The county’s development expenditure has been allocated 7.47 billion Kenyan shillings which stands at 61.1% of the total budget, while the recurrent expenditure has been allocated 4.75 billion Kenyan shillings which translated to 38.9% of the budget. Health, education, infrastructure and water sectors which fall under the national big four agendas have been give a priority in this budget. Three billion Kenyan shillings has been set aside for health sector projects, 2 billion Kenyan shillings for the education sector, and 1.8 billion for water projects while infrastructure received 1.2 billion Kenyan shillings.

In his statement after signing the budget document in his Kwale office, Governor Mvurya stated that in implementing this year’s budget, the County Government of Kwale has also set aside funds for long term development projects that will grow the county’s economy and enhance living standards of the people.

Among the key flagship projects which the County Government Kwale has set funds for in its budget is the construction of a fruit processing plant in Shimba Hills - Kubo South (Matuga Sub County), setting up an Early Childhood Development Education College at Banga in Kinango Sub County, and the construction of a sports stadium in Kwale town.

“We also have a project to upgrade urban areas through low volume tarmacking of roads, and we have already identified key roads that will be in that program”, explained the Governor.

“This budget will be implemented in an integrated manner. So I therefore urge the people of Kwale County to participate in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all the projects”,

Governor Mvurya also has urged all County Government Kwale officers in charge to implement the 2018/19 projects with diligence in order to ensure that all resources allocated are not misused.