A major boost for TSC & Education In the Revised 2023/2024 Budget
The revised budget estimates presented by the Finance and Planning Committee of the National Assembly, presided over by Ndindi Nyoro of Kiharu, primarily benefit the Teachers Service Commission, Parliament, State House, and the State departments of Housing, Education, Irrigation, Water, and Medical Services.
One of the highest allocations in the Budget, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) received an additional Sh1.2 billion, bringing the total to Sh323.8 billion.
This increase was established to account for the 35,000 instructors that would be hired in the upcoming fiscal year.
For the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2023/ 2024, the Budget and Appropriations Committee has jointly transferred Sh743.2 billion to several State departments.
If lawmakers increase both recurrent and development spending, the total budget might exceed Sh3.68 trillion, the greatest sum in the nation’s history.
Ndindi Nyoro, the head of the parliamentary budget committee, has declared that the forthcoming budget will significantly enhance financing for the education sector.
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Nyoro announced that Sh630 billion would be utilised to pay for different education-related costs while awarding bursaries to boarding school students from his district.
According to Nyoro, capitation for junior secondary schools has been allotted Sh10 billion, or 30% of the funds given to the national government, in order to implement the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) the next year.
He added that the Higher Education Loans Board (HeLB), which currently receives Sh15 billion, would soon receive Sh30 billion.
The Kiharu MP also mentioned that more money has been set aside in the budget to hire 20,000 teachers for secondary and primary schools.
“There will also be money to employ tutors for Technical and vocational training institutes,” Nyoro said in a speech to parents at Mumbi grounds, where over 5,000 students received bursary checks.
When redemptions and aid allocations are taken into account, this might potentially rise to Sh4.4 trillion, according to some reports.
Budgetary support for the housing department has increased dramatically, by Sh28.4 billion, from Sh1.29 billion to Sh29.7 billion.
Housing is of utmost importance to the Kenya Kwanza administration, and the increased allocation is a part of a programme already started by President William Ruto, which has caused controversy over a proposal to deduct 3% of the salaries of formal sector employees to finance the Housing Fund.
From Sh39 billion in the original budget to Sh41.2 billion in the revised budget, which would be presented to the National Assembly the following week, MPs have boosted their personal allocation by Sh2.2 billion.
The money will be partially used to complete the Bunge Towers, whose construction has been put on hold for years.
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The funding for the State department’s roads has been boosted from Sh82.8 billion to Sh166.8 billion in the report given by committee chairman Ndindi Nyoro. For the upcoming fiscal year, the department would now get a total of Sh249.7 billion.
The amount allotted to the State Department for Medical Services has grown by Sh53.6 billion, or from Sh63 billion to Sh116.6 billion.
The planned hire of 44,400 community health professionals in the upcoming fiscal year made the enormous increase necessary.
Additionally, an increase from the initial budget projection of Sh5.5 billion to Sh55.9 billion would be given to the State department of water and sanitation.
The government’s intention to expand spending on home irrigation and piped water supply is shown by this.
Significant changes have been made in the educational field; Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVETS) will now receive Sh7.6 billion more than the initial Sh20.7 billion requested. It is anticipated that a portion of this funds would be used to boost enrolment and start new small companies.
The Ruto administration is emphasising TVETs and has expressed its aim to construct training centres in each TVET as well as digital centres in each of the 290 constituencies.
Additionally, the budgeted amount of Sh127.6 billion for the Department of Basic Education has been increased by Sh20 billion. The department would now get Sh147,8 billion in total.
Secondary education would receive an additional Sh8.9 billion, while primary education will receive an additional Sh11 billion to cover, among other things, the new Grade Seven courses.
University education would now receive an additional Sh3.5 billion, bringing the total to Sh127.5 billion, up from the proposed Sh125 billion for the department of Higher Education and Research.
Irrigation has seen a significant boost in financing of Sh23 billion under the Kenya Kwanza administration, which has prioritised this subject.
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Over the next five years, the government plans to build over 100 dams to promote irrigation farming and lessen its dependency on rain-fed agriculture. The bigger budget shows the company’s intent to go down this road in the upcoming fiscal year.
If the spending plan the Treasury CS will read to the National Assembly next Thursday is approved by the House of Representatives, the National Treasury’s allocation will grow by Sh53.8 billion to Sh130.5 billion, making it another large benefactor of the budget.
A major boost for TSC & Education In the Revised 2023/2024 Budget
State House’s overall budget will increase by Sh928,7 million, or Sh7.3 billion.
To fund the anticipated expansion of Internet connectivity by laying 100 kilometres of fibre cable across the nation, MPs increased the Department of Information and Communication Technology’s budget by Sh16,3 billion.
The budgetary allotment has grown from Sh3.8 billion to Sh20.2 billion.
The proposed implementation of the Universal Personal Identifier (UPI) number, which residents would be forced to use for life, requires the allocation of an additional Sh2.7 billion to the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services.
The Finance and Planning Committee has also asked the National Treasury to assess pending bills more quickly and to create a binding framework to stop the accumulation of pending bills in conjunction with the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget.
By September 30, the Treasury is required to submit a report to the National Assembly.
The Treasury was given until September 30 by MPs to oversee the process of examining initiatives across all ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) in order to spot overlapped functions.
Treasury is expected to provide its report to the National Assembly.
The National Treasury will assess the sustainability of projects depending on the amount of resources allotted before presenting the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for 2024 with the aim of eliminating projects with little or no resources.
According to the report, “This will ensure that each project is adequately funded and can be completed within the specified time frame.”
In addition, the committee gave the State Department of Medical Services a three-month deadline to present a clear implementation plan for the hiring of 44,444 community health workers.
The budget expected to be presented to the National Assembly on June 15 is expected to be valued Sh3.679 trillion, according to Nyoro.
A major boost for TSC & Education In the Revised 2023/2024 Budget
