Nakuru residents have been encouraged to attend budget forums taking place in the county to give their views on the Sh11.6 billion budgetary proposals for the 2014-2015 financial year.
Speaking to journalists at the county offices on Wednesday, budget implementation committee chairman Simon Wanyoike invited the public to the forums that will be taking place in the county starting today.
The chair stated that it is the right of the public to give their views on the budgetary allocations.
“The county government will be conducting forums starting tomorrow (Thursday) to get public views on our budgetary proposals,” said Wanyoike.
The county government has unveiled Sh11.6 billion budget with a huge chunk of the budget being channeled to the health docket.
According to the county budgetary estimates, the county has allocated Sh3.3 billion to health, Sh1.1 billion to roads and infrastructure and Sh735 million to agriculture.
In the 2014-2015 financial year, the county was allocated Sh9.9 billion by the national government, most which were used to pay salaries and wages.
County Governor Kinuthia Mbugua has been complaining over the ballooning wage bill at the county.
Mbugua said that the budgetary allocations are not sufficient to oversee development since a large per cent of the budget goes to paying salaries.