[President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto. Their offices have been allocated more funds, days before the end of the budgetary allocation] (File)
The office of the president and his deputy has been allocated Sh1.3 billion in the supplementary budget.
Treasure Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich tabled the second supplementary budget last week, with the money expected to be spent in the next three weeks.
According to reports, the funds will mainly be channeled to social programmes run by the first lady Margaret Kenyatta, and his Deputy’s wife. Rachael Ruto.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich who spoke to the media said most of the additional costs had been spent, and the supplementary budget was only to ‘regularise’ the spending.
"Most of the funds have already been spent because we at the Treasury had approved the plans so what we are doing now is to regularise it," said the CS.
He added: "You do not need to worry about the amount of time left (to the end of financial year)."
The two budgetary allocations are the highlight of the mini-budget that will be presented in the National Assembly today, Wednesday, and increase the overall spending of the government by Sh48 billion.
The move to increase the budgetary allocation raises questions on the government’s commitment to ensure there is controlled government expenditure, considering there are only a few days to the end of the financial year.