The Controller Of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o hits back at government after being on the news headlines following her arrest and arraignment in court for fraud committed back in 2016 before she became Controller of Budget.
However, many people claim that her troubles are tailored after she refused to dance the government tune. Nyakang’o has now hit back at government claiming that thr National Treasury has exaggerated salaried and allowances of specific persons.
This she laid bare in the Budget Implementation Review Report that the Controller Of Budget releases. According to the report, the exaggerations were made during the first three months of President William Ruto’s budget implementation that is, July to September.
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Nyakang’o who had previously exposed salary exaggerations allocated to her office now claims that the exaggerations cut across various offices in various ministries across government.
Margaret Nyakang’o also noted that allowances of various government personnel were allocated higher than the approved allowances by thr Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
Even though the specific offices, ministries or government personnels with exaggerated salaries and allowances were not highlighted, thr CoB says that its a significant number of them.
“When budget rationalisation is necessary, it should be based on the previously approved Program-Based Budget and the desired outputs and outcomes that the government wants to reduce, eliminate, or delay for future financial periods. The known expenditures should be budgeted as per the actual figures without exaggeration.”
Among her recommendations is budget cuts for non essential expenditure, reduce allocation to non essentials and optimising subsidies.
“The Controller of Budget recommends prioritising budget cuts for non-essential expenditures, inefficient programmes and projects with a low socio-economic impact. Specifically, reducing allocations to non-critical infrastructure projects, streamlining administrative costs, and optimising subsidies through targeted interventions can help minimise deficit financing and promote fiscal sustainability.”
She also urged the National Treasury to be realistic in their figures.
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“The National Treasury should ensure the budget is as realistic as possible. In the meantime, appropriate reallocations should be made through a supplementary budget to avoid over and under-budgeting.”