County Assembly Committee on Budget and Appropriations held a public participation on the Kakamega County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) proposal draft for the Financial Year 2024/2025 on Friday at the County Social Hall.
The day long forum was meant to give county residents room to give their views and have their input in the budget making process for the said financial year.
Speaking during the participation, Butsotso South Member of County Assembly (MCA) and the Chairprson to the Committee, Hon. Gildon Shioso said that the Committee had done its part and urged the public to interrogate it further for the benefit of the County residents. “As Budget Committee, we have been able to go through the document to ensure that we prioritize projects that favor our people of Kakamega County,” stated the Chair, “let us interrogate this document together to get it right on behalf of our people,” urged the legislator. Shioso disclosed that proposed ceilings for various county departments had been factored by the Committee with an emphasis on Health and Agriculture departments.
“The truth of the matter is that the County Government of Kakamega is not implementing its Budget…..especially in the health sector; there are no drugs in almost all of our health facilities,” bemoaned Hon. Kwomah reaffirming that the health sector was at the brink of collapsing. Members of the public retorted with a serious concern that the health sector needed attention with some urgency it deserves.