NYS overshoots its Sh1.39 billion budget

President Uhuru Kenyatta during the last year’s Passing-Out-Parade of The National Youth Service recruits at the NYS Training College in Gilgil, Nakuru County. [Joseph Kipsang', Standard]

The National Youth Service spent more than it had budgeted for on development, once again raising eyebrows on the financial discipline of the State Department.

Latest data from the National Treasury shows that the State Department of Public Service and Youth received and spent Sh1.5 billion against a revised budget of Sh1.39 billion during 2018/19 financial year.