Public Finance Management Act 2012 requires 30 per cent threshold of total county budget

Controller of Budget Act

On whether devolution has delivered in the last five years, various conflicting reviews have been fronted to justify either its success or failure. However, proper planning and management of county construction projects, many will concur, remains a waterloo.

The Public Finance Management Act 2012 requires a 30 per cent threshold of the total county budget for development. In the last financial year 2016/17, approved budgets for the county governments for development expenditure amounted to Sh165.51 billion being 41 per cent of the total budget. In the face of devolution challenges among them high expenditure on personal emoluments, successful implementation of county construction projects is key if progress is to be achieved.