Key among them is the Sh11.1 billion allocated for national irrigation and fertiliser clearance at a time farmers are lamenting over delayed fertiliser subsidies for the current planting season.
The security sector is also the biggest gainer in the proposed revenue share having been allocated Sh27.9 billion for enhanced operations. the Treasury projects that the monies will be spent on police vehicles and helicopters.
Youth Empowerment, which has also been a subject of serious audit queries, will get Sh16.2 billion while Sh26 billion will be set aside for older persons, OVC, child welfare, presidential bursary and persons living with severe disability if the Bill is enacted.
Independent constitutional bodies – Commission on Revenue Allocation, Salaries and Remuneration Commission, National Lands Commission, National Police Service Commission, the IEBC, and TSC – will get Sh261.3 billion.
Rotich’s Bill further states that the government will spend Sh4.1 billion to cater for KCPE and KCSE registration fees in the financial year 2019/20. A total of Sh11.2 billion has been spent on the programme since its roll-out in 2016.
The government also plans to spend Sh109.5 billion on pensions and constitutional offices salaries
