The Parliamentary Service Commission spent Sh557.6 million on
domestic travel in three months, the Controller of Budget has revealed.
According
to the report obtained by the Nation, the commission also recorded the
highest expenditure in printing and advertising at Sh80.7 million,
rentals and rates for non-residential buildings at Sh121.2 million and
maintenance of other assets at Sh17.3 million.
The
expenditure for the three categories represented 56 per cent, 24 per
cent and 34 per cent respectively of the Ministry Departments and
Agencies’ total specific-category spending.
The report
also says the Teachers Service Commission had the highest expenditure
on personal emoluments in the first quarter of the financial year.
A
total of Sh41.2 billion was spent by TSC on salaries, representing 69.9
per cent of the combined personnel expenditure by MDAs.
The
Foreign Affairs ministry had the highest expenditure on foreign travel
at Sh280.7 million. The Budget chief defends the huge expenditure,
saying trips by diplomatic staff on foreign assignments are in line with
the ministry’s mandate of promoting relations and driving Kenya’s
foreign policy.
The report says the high expenditure by PSC on domestic travel was to be attributed to mileage claim reimbursements to MPs.
The
Presidency reported the highest expenditure on hospitality services at
Sh83.6 million and maintenance of vehicles at Sh31.3 million.
“This may be attributed to hosting of state functions and coordination of government business,” adds the report.
HIGH EXPENDITURE
The Health Ministry incurred the highest expenditure on workers’ training at Sh23.8 million.
The
highest development expenditure was the transfer to national government
entities, which took Sh33.6 billion, accounting for 60.2 per cent of
the total MDAs development spending.
It was followed
by expenditure on refurbishment of buildings, infrastructure works and
civil works at Sh19 billion or 34 per cent of the development budget.
The
categories with the least expenditure were maintenance of other assets
and motor vehicles at Sh157.1 million and Sh7 million respectively,
accounting for 0.3 per cent and 0.01 per cent of the total MDAs’
development expenditure.
“The first quarter of
financial year 2014/15 total development expenditure amounted to Sh55.8
billion, representing an absorption rate of 11.3 per cent.
This
was a significant improvement to the Sh36 billion spent in a similar
period in the last financial year, or an absorption rate of 8.1 per
cent,” the report says.
HIGH CAPITAL TRANSFERS
It also reveals that expenditure on contracted technical and professional services accounted for Sh268.6 million.
“The
Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology spent Sh211.1
million — the highest under this category — representing 78 per cent of
the total MDAs expenditure in this category.
The State
department for Infrastructure had the highest capital transfers to its
Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies amounting to Sh15.4 billion. This
was 46 per cent of total spending in this category,” says the report.
Construction
and purchase of non-residential buildings including offices, schools
and hospitals amounted to Sh3.4 billion, while building and purchase of
residential houses was Sh756.6 million.
The report
also revealed that the Ministry of Education, whose role includes
development of educational infrastructure, had the highest expenditure
for both non-residential and residential buildings at Sh1.9 billion and
Sh617.4 million respectively.
The Budget Controller
said some ministries and departments failed to adopt the Integrated
Financial Management Information System in their transactions.
MDAs
yet to adopt the system include the Independent Police Oversight
Authority, Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution,
National Gender and Equality Commission, Witness Protection Agency,
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, National Intelligence Services,
TSC and the Defence ministry
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