Treasury
is going after newspapers, staff reduction of delegations accompanying
ministers and PSs on foreign trips and advertising by the national and county
governments
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| Mr. Ukur Yatani the acting treasury CS |
The government has unveiled a new raft of tough measures to
minimize on unnecessary expenses and ensure President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four
Agenda is realised. “The cuts will be brutal and will be sustained,” Mr. Ukur
Yatani the acting treasury CS told a meeting to plan the government’s budget
for the next fiscal year, adding that he expected the deficit to drop to 3.5
per cent of GDP by the 2022/23 fiscal year.
According to the guidelines on expenditure control measures
approved by the Cabinet all local government sponsored trainings should be
conducted by the Kenya School of Government and other government training
institutions.
Treasury is going after newspapers, staff reduction of
delegations accompanying ministers and PSs on foreign trips and advertising by
the national and county governments.
“Given the needs to
enhance the requirements of the Big Four plan, emerging expenditure pressures,
the underperformance of revenue and the already high level of borrowing, it is
inevitable that public demand is tightened,”
The circular further said the number of officers in
government delegations should be minimised. Instead, the officers were advised
to transact business through teleconference and use of Kenya’s Foreign Missions
and Embassies. In addition, all domestic air travels by state and government
officers should be on economy class. In addition, all domestic air travels by state
and government officers should be on economy class.
To ensure the measures are affected, the circular directed
all accounting officers to ensure all delegations led by a Cabinet Secretary
should not exceed four including the CS. Those by PSs and CEOs were restricted
to not more than three including the team leader while all bench marking and
study tours were suspended until further notice
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