Budget allocations for the purchase of new cars for the three largest ministries in Kenya have increased eight times after the recent changes in the spending plan, which also benefited the outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta; Daily Nation reports.
The office of President William Ruto, Dp Rigati Gachagua and Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi allocated 802.2 million shillings for the purchase of cars in the current financial year, as Kenyans comes to term with bloated government of Kenya Kwanza.
The 2022/23 budget estimates allocation is 108 million shillings for three positions, although there is no provision for a prime minister secrey. However, excluding Prime CS, costs are reduced by only 10%, or 80 million shillings.
The largest beneficiary of the three was Mr Gachagua, whose office received 290.8 million shillings for the car.
Overall, the budget for the purchase of new cars by all government agencies for the current financial year ending in June has more than doubled from 810.3 million shillings in the original budget to 2.06 billion shillings, representing more than 40% of the budget.
