Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko's expenditure has caused discomfort at City Hall after falling short of the revenue available.
Reports by The Star indicate that the County assembly Budget and Appropriations committee raised the red flag after the financial year 2018-19 recorded the worst revenue ever in history.
According to the committee's vice chairman Patrick Karani, the Executive's spending priorities need to be checked since the money raised cannot pay for the current projects.
Besides, the Budget committee pointed out that Sonko's Annual Development Plan for the next financial year (2019-2020) is not supported by the revenue.
The county collected Ksh3.7 billion in the first half (June to December), Ksh1.7 billion (January), Ksh1 billion (February), and Ksh1.4 billion in March marking the end of the third quarter.
"The total collected from last year June up to this March comes to 7.8 billion. You can see that this year we are going to underperform in terms of the budget.
"This calls an alarm for the next budget. It is important for the Executive to realise now that things are not okay and it is high time they put their House in order and made sure this county meets its revenue target," Karani was quoted.
In the first week of April, the legislators passed a motion to adoption the report on the Annual Development Plan for the financial year 2019-20.
Karani's comments were also echoed by Embakasi ward rep Michael Ogada who is also a member of the committee.
Ogada indicated that it is high time that the assembly puts the Executive on check over implementation issues.
The Embakasi MCA urged the executive to take their resolutions seriously indicating that it is not realistic to pass a huge document such as the ADP and still have nothing take place.
"We do pass documents but in terms of implementation, there are issues. It is upon the assembly to stamp their authority and ensure that we put the executive to check such that whatever is approved and passed is practically implemented," Ogada added.
