Counties should allocate more to capital spending

Debate on the urgency by the national and county government chiefs to prioritise development expenditure over recurrent expenditure, will not disappear soon. The Budget Policy Statement 2015, released by Treasury on Wednesday, points out that counties are facing numerous challenges in observing the Public Finance Management Act 2012.

For instance, Controller of Budget report shows that between July and end of September 2014, counties spent Sh44.24 billion, out of which Sh33.83 billion (74 per cent) was for recurrent activities and Sh11.41 billion (26 per cent) for development activities. Some counties didn’t spend a penny on development.