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Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich: Ombudsman got it wrong on spending circular

The Ombudsman misinterpreted a circular on budget cuts, the National Treasury has said. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich denied reports he had cut funding to various Government departments in the current fiscal year through a circular.

The Commission on Administrative Justice (the Ombudsman), which had termed the circular illegal, had accused Treasury of breaking of the law and wanted it reversed.

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