Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich has allocated Sh188 billion to go towards completion of ongoing road projects. [Photo/Hapakenya.com]President Uhuru Kenyatta is using this year’s budget to give generous allocations to key sectors of development so that he fulfills the promises he made to Kenyans in 2013.
To ensure the country has a better road network, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich has allocated Sh188 billion to go towards completion of ongoing road projects.
Many Kenyans and schools in remote areas are set to be connected to electricity before the year ends, using the Sh57 billion that the CS has set aside for power transmission purposes. The Jubilee administration has already had many successes in this area.
Empowering the youth to create jobs, do business and become independent is one of the key pre-election pledges that got the president elected in 2013. To ensure he delivers on that mandate before the August general election, he has set aside Sh18 billion just for that.
Completing the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on time, set for June 1 — which is 18 months ahead of schedule — is one of the key promises even critics of the president and his Jubilee administration agree he has delivered on. The Treasury CS has allocated Sh76 billion towards this ambitious project.
One of the reasons why President Kenyatta is popular among the elderly is because of his national welfare kitty, which allows poor elderly people to be paid at the end of every month money to meet their basic needs. This kitty is getting Sh20 billion this year.