Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and his ally former Prime Minister Raila Odinga are among leaders set to receive budget cuts in the current financial year following the withdrawal of the Finance Bill.
As detailed in the supplementary budget estimates the National Treasury prepared, the budget for the respective offices of the duo will have their budgets cut by Ksh99.9 million.
In particular, the Office of the 4th President will see its budget cut by Ksh92.7 million.
On the other hand, the budget of the Office of the Former Prime Minister will be cut by Ksh7.2 million.
The new estimates were published following the increase in the budget deficit. This follows the withdrawal of the Finance Bill which was projected to raise Ksh300 billion through the proposed tax revenue measures.
Office of the 4th President
Uhuru is entitled to retirement benefits having served as the Head of State for 10 years. Therefore, owing to the current expected fiscal constraints in the budget, the Treasury proposed notable reductions in the allocations for his office.
The reduced expenditures include domestic travel whose allocation was reduced from Ksh56 million to Ksh28 million.
Likewise, Uhuru's allocation for foreign travel was reduced from Ksh120 million to Ksh96 million. This was a reduction of Ksh24 million.
Uhuru's hospitality budget was also reduced by Ksh24.5 million as was the routine maintenance budget (Ksh5 million), and the purchase of office furniture (Ksh10 million).
The office communication, supplies and services budget was reduced by Ksh1,240,837.
Office of Former Prime Minister
Major cuts at the office of the former premier were on the domestic travel and hospitality allocations which were reduced by Ksh2.4 million and Ksh2.05 million respectively.
The initial budgetary allocation of Ksh2 million for the purchase of office furniture was scrapped completely.
The other remaining cuts were done on the allocations for training expenses, communication service and routine maintenance.
