The County Assembly of Nakuru on Tuesday afternoon adopted a Sh21.3 billion budget for 2019/2020 Financial Year.
Addressing media after the session, Budget and Appropriation Committee chairman who is also Naivasha’s Biashara MCA Joel Karuri said the budget for 2019/2020 has the interests of citizens.
According to Karuri, several public participation forums were held in various sub-counties before the final draft of the budget was submitted.
In the budget, the health docket has had the giant share with Sh6.6 billion which translates to 31 per cent of the total county budget.
The infrastructure sector has been allocated Sh2.5 billion which translates to 11.9 per cent while agriculture has been allocated Sh1.1 billion shillings which is 5.5 per cent of the total budget.
The budget will also see more ECDE teachers employed as well as enable the promotion of nurses in the County.
In total, the development will consume Sh10.5 billion while wages will use Sh10.7 billion.
“In this budget, we have focused on projects that will help improve the lives of the citizens,” said the Budget and Appropriation Committee chairman.
The sentiments were echoed by Majority leader and MCA for Elementaita Moses Kamau Ndung’u who assured Nakuru residents that the budget will see a transformation in society.
“As a county assembly, we have considered the Big 4 Agenda of the Jubilee Government in coming up with this budget that has been adopted,” he said.
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