House team slashes Sh8b from NYS budget

Treasury CS Henry Rotich

MPs have taken away Sh8 billion from scandal-ridden National Youth Service in budgetary changes that also pump substantial cash to mitigate floods, connect more households to electricity and for the military.

The National Assembly Budget Committee, which has a major say on Government spending, recommended the NYS budget be slashed by Sh8.3 billion in the next financial year, punitive action to discourage theft.