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MPs forward Sh5.8b budgetary changes to Treasury

NAIROBI: After weeks of haggling with Cabinet secretaries over budget allocations to respective ministries, MPs have finally splashed Sh5.8 billion on public universities, technical colleges, the electoral commission, and at least 10 parastatals.

The changes were Thursday forwarded to the National Treasury to allow for publication of the Appropriations Bill – the legal instrument which once approved in the House will allow the Controller of Budget to release cash from the Exchequer for the financial year 2015-2016.

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