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𝗗𝗔𝗬𝟮 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗨 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗬 𝗕𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

Insightful deliberations on the Kisumu County proposed Budget Estimates for the FY 2024/2025 as the discussions centre on key priorities for the County.

Today’s meeting is looking at the proposed figures for Medical Services, Public Health and Sanitation; Sports, Culture, Gender and Youth Affairs; Lands, Physical Planning, Housing and Urban Development, and the County Assembly Kisumu.

The Department of Finance and Economic Planning led by CECM Hon. George Okong’o is present to validate the departmental budget proposals.

The sector engagements which are also looking into the issues raised during public participation are chaired by Kondele MCA Hon. Joachim Oketch who is also the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee.

𝗖𝗘𝗖𝗠𝘀 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

In a bid to make budget making process more participatory and all- inclusive, the Budget & Appropriations Committee chaired by Kondele Ward Representative Hon. Joachim Oketch today kicked off a consultative engagment with County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) and their technical staff to discuss public participation reports and observations/ recommendations that came as a result of interrogation of the proposed departmental budget estimates by various sectoral committees.

The aim of the meetings that have also brought together all sectoral committee chairpersons is to ensure that no department is disenfranchised in the allocations and that their estimates are aligned with the key priorities of the County.

” Our intention is to ensure that the Ksh13 billion budget enables the County Government to address key priorities such as completion of all stalled/ incomplete projects, repair/ construction of roads damaged by the prolonged rainfall and to address the issue of the pending bills, among other key priorities,” Hon. Oketch highlighted.

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗨 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗬

Kisumu County Assembly’s Committee of Health and Sanitation chaired by Hon. Vincent Jagongo today held a consultative meeting with Network for Adolescent and Youth of Africa (NAYA) Kenya in collaboration with other civil society organizations and the County’s department of Health to deliberate on the proposed Kisumu County Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Bill, 2024.

The proposed legislation provides for the right to reproductive health-care, sets the standards of reproductive health and also provides for the right to make decisions regarding reproductive health.

The proposed legislation which has been facilited by NAYA Kenya was officially handed over to the County’s department of Health to look into it before it’s brought to the County Assembly for processing.

𝐂𝐄𝐂 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒  𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Kisumu County Executive Committee Members, accompanied by their senior technical officers today appeared before respective Sectoral Committees to discuss the proposed budget estimates for FY 2024/2025.

The meeting reviewed the departmental performance of the current budget ( FY 2023/2024) and looked into the proposed county strategic priorities, programmes, and projects for the FY 2024/2025 (to validate if the departmental priorities are aligned with the Governors Manifesto, CIDP III and CADP FY 2024/2025).

Key issues discussed included measures to address the accumulated pending bills, Departmental absorption rate, and revenue raising measures to finance the proposed budget estimates.

The departments which appeared before the Assembly today included Trade Tourism Marketing and Industry; Infrastructure, Energy and Public Works; Kisumu County Public Service Board; Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Development; and Education, Human Resource Development and ICT.

Other departments are lined up to appear for budget interrogation on Tuesady and Wednesday.

𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘

Kisumu County Assembly House Business Committee has today met the leadership of the National Assembly led by Speaker the Right Hon. Moses Wetangula and the Leader of Majority Hon. Kimani Ichungwa.

The meeting discussed how to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the National Assembly and the County Assembly of Kisumu.

Yesterday, the Assembly officials led by the Speaker Hon. Elisha Oraro met the Leader of Minority of the National Assembly Hon. Opiyo Wandayi and later held a discussion with the Secretariat of the House Business Committee of the National Assembly where they discussed a myriad of issues aimed at improving operational efficiency of the Committee.

𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘, 𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

The Sectoral Committee on Water Environment Climate Change and Natural Resources has today held a meeting with the corresponding Department from the Executive and other stakeholders to deliberate on Kisumu County Climate Change Fund Regulations, 2023.

The meeting that was convened by the department in partnership with SUSWATCH also brought together the Select Committee on Delegated Legislation.

In their opening statements, CECM Hon. Maryline Agwa, Speaker Hon. Elisha Oraro and Assembly Clerk Mr. Owen Ojuok emphasized the importance of the Regulation whose aim is to operationalize the County Climate Act, 2020.

The Regulation is a strategic approach to provide the roadmap on the management and administrative procedures for the Kisumu County Climate Change Fund to be established and to provide a framework for resource mobilization for mitigation and response to climate change.

BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETS COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO DISCUSS SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET FY 2023/2024

Kisumu County Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee chaired by Kondele MCA Hon. Joachim Oketch has today held consultative meetings with various departments from the Executive to deliberate on the first Supplementary Budget for FY 2023/2024.

The meeting that brought together the Hon. Members of the Committee and the County Executive Committee Members alongside senior officials within their departments discussed proposed realignments of budget estimates with the County Allocation Revenue Act, 2023, reviewed the performance of own source revenue and looked into absorption rates of various departments.