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.
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