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DECISIONS MADE BY CABINETS DURING THEIR NOV 22ND MEETING

The Cabinet held its 8th Meeting today 22nd November, 2013 under the chairmanship of H.E the President Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta where the Supplementary Budget I for the Financial Year 2013/2014 was discussed and approved. The focus of the budget is the achievement of a stable macroeconomic environment, continuation of the Governments policy of containing non priority and unproductive recurrent expenditure and shifting resources to finance development expenditure to help attain and maintain a sustainable public debt level. Under the Supplementary Budget the Cabinet approved additional expenditures amounting to KShs.115.9billion to cater for the following: (i) Salary related expenditures – KShs.18billion (ii) Operations and Maintenance – KShs.8.2billion (iii) Ongoing/new projects – KShs.89.7billion · Projects – KShs.44.0billion · Outstanding G/Pay – KShs.29.1billion · Devolved Donor funds – KShs.16.6billion Funding to cater for the additional expenditure will be sourced from budgetary rationalization, revenue measures through recovery of pay as you earn, domestic borrowing and rationalization of strategic interventions. PENDING BILLS Cabinet directed Ministries to ensure all carry-overs (pending bills from the financial year 2012/2013 budget amounting to KShs.15.9billion are settled immediately utilising the funds allocated under the financial year 2013/2014 budget). As a way of containing expenses the Ministry of Devolution and Planning was directed to freeze new recruitment, suspend adjustment of salaries and allowances and reclassification and creation of new State Corporations. The Cabinet further approved the amended of the County Allocation of Revenue Act to factor the actual donor funding requirement for ongoing projects. OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED BY THE CABINET (i) Lowering of Electricity Tarrifs The Cabinet appreciated the lowering of Electricity Tarrifs by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum by 11.5% owing to gains made arising from generation efficiency. The Cabinet urged the Ministry to explore strategies that can lead to a further drop in electricity charges. (ii) Declaration of Polio outbreak in Kenya as a Public Health Emergency Cabinet noted the re-emergence of Polio in Kenya following its elimination in 1984. Cabinet declared the outbreak a Public Health emergency and directed the Ministry of Health to fast-track the ongoing immunization exercise and ensure the entire country is covered. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government was also directed to provide security and ensure cooperation by Wananchi. (iii) Police Vetting The Cabinet approved the Police Vetting exercise which is set to commence on Monday 25th November, 2013. Cabinet directed that the exercised be conducted in a fair and professional way to ensure the rights of individuals undergoing the exercise are safeguarded
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