Kenyan ministries, counties and donors on spending alert over El Nino

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich (right) and Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge before the Public Accounts Committee Tuesday. [PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The National Treasury has issued a spending alert to all Government ministries, the county governments, parastatals and even the donor community as it seeks to secure money to prepare for the El Nino rains that the meteorology department says will hit the country within the next three months.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich told the Public Accounts Committee yesterday that aside from the Sh5 billion in the Contingency Funds, ministries such as that of roads had been asked to rework their budgets to get the money to clear the storm drains.