Kibaki office budget cut to Sh250m

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PHOTO | FILE Retired President Mwai Kibaki (L) with President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces Gen. Julius Karangi (C) during the presidential inoguration ceremony at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on April 9, 2013. The cost of buying an office building for retired President Mwai Kibaki has been slashed from the initial Sh700 million to Sh250 million.  NATION MEDIA GROUP

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In Summary

• Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Mutava Musyimi broke the news as he initiated debate on the Appropriation Bill

The cost of buying an office building for retired President Mwai Kibaki has been slashed from the initial Sh700 million to Sh250 million, an MP has said.

Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Mutava Musyimi told his colleagues in the National Assembly on Wednesday evening he had received the information from the Office of the President earlier in the day.

“I can confirm that I received a note this morning saying the budget has been reduced from 700 million to 250 million,” the Reverend Musyimi said.

It was not immediately clear whether the officials arrived at the figure after identifying a building or decided to go for a more practical option such as leasing office space.

Mr Musyimi broke the news as he initiated debate on the Appropriation Bill, whose approval was put on ice after a political contest emerged over an attempt to introduce amendment by the Cord side of the House.

The Bill he was talking about is about government spending for the next financial year and it is not known whether the officials have included that in the allocations for the next year or the one that ends in three days.

Mr Musyimi’s team had rejected the proposal to hand over Sh700 million to the Cabinet Office to buy the building.