Turkana
county finance and planning executive officer Ekuom Nabuin has said that the County’s
wage bill will remain below 40 percent.Speaking along the sidelines of a public
participation forum for the county fiscal strategy paper for the 2014/15 financial
year in Lodwar, Nabuin said the ongoing recruitment of staff will not over
burden tax payers because there exist a shortage of staff in the county. “What
happened in Turkana is that when National Government posted staff to the County
in the past, many of them were not coming and that is why we have the advantage
of employing additional staff,” said Nabuin.
He termed the ongoing debate
on reduction of National wage bill as healthy. Nabuin said that the debate should
be encouraged so that Kenyans contribute on how to reduce wage bill. Responding on calls to have some nominated positions
abolished, he said that would require an amendment of the constitution. He said
the County would include the public views in budget making and said the county
government will raise issues that touch on National Government functions with
the national government. He said this year’s county budget will be Kshs. 9.5
billion. He said the ministries of Roads, Health and Education will receive a
lion’s share of the budget. He said the Ministry of Roads will receive more
funds to ensure that the remote areas are opened up for development.
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