The National Treasury on Saturday through the Supplementary Budget for the 2024/25 Financial Year officially scrapped the Office of the Spouse to the Deputy President.
In the Supplementary Budget necessitated by the need to impose austerity measures, Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Gachagua lost Ksh35 million paid as allowances.
Additionally, her office lost 10 other benefits ranging from hospitality supplies to routine maintenance of vehicles.
For the financial year ending June 2025, Ksh35.4 million was to be allocated to Pastor Dorcas Rigathi's Office as a personal allowance paid as part of her salary.
The National Treasury also scrapped Ksh22 million which had been set aside as basic salary allocation for permanent employees.
Should the office not had been abolished, the taxpayer would have forked out Ksh1.7 million for communication, supplies and services.
For the 2024/25 financial year, the Office of the Spouse to the Deputy President had requested Ksh60 million for domestic travel and subsistence and other transportation costs.
On the other hand, foreign travel for the Second Lady was to cost the taxpayer Ksh47 million.
Other expenses included; rental of produced assets (Ksh10 million), training expenses (Ksh19 million) and hospitality supplies and services (Ksh54 million).
Pastor Dorcas’ office had further been allocated Ksh2 million for office and general supplies and services as well as an extra Ksh3.2 million for fuel, oil and lubricants.
Lastly, the Treasury will save Ksh3.6 million that had been set aside to cater for routine maintenance of vehicles and other transport equipment.
The Office was scrapped together with the Office of First Lady following anti-government protests demanding fiscal discipline in the Kenya Kwanza administration.
