The National Assembly Departmental Committees and the Budget and Appropriations Committee will from Monday, July 15, 2024 commence the consideration of the Supplementary Estimates No.1 for 2024/25 Financial Year.

 This directive was given by Speaker of the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Moses Wetang’ula following the National Treasury’s submission of the Supplementary Estimates (No.1) for consideration by the House.

 The Supplementary Estimates (No.1) FY 2024/2025 seek to rationalize the 2024/25 Budget Estimates to align to the Revised Fiscal Framework and actualize expenditure cuts across the three arms of Government, Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices.

 Notably, the Financial Year 2024/25 Budget was to be funded through additional revenue measures amounting to KSh.344.3 billion contained in the Finance Bill, 2024, which was not assented to. This created a financing gap of a similar amount and implies that funding of expenditures to the tune of KSh.344.3billion is not tenable.

 The FY 2024/25 Supplementary Estimates No.1 has therefore been prepared pursuant to Article 223 of the Constitution and Section 44 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 (PFMA) CAP 412A. 

 The Supplementary Estimates seek to address the following;

i) Rationalization of the Budget Estimates to align to the Revised Fiscal Framework; and

ii) Realignment of the Budget to cater for the FY 2023/24 Carry Overs.

 Through a notification to Members of the National Assembly dated Friday, July 12, 2024, Speaker Wetang'ula directed that the Supplementary Estimates (No.1) for the FY 2024/2025 and all attendant documents submitted by National Treasury be referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Departmental Committees for expedited consideration.

 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 (𝗡𝗼.𝟭):

 1. Ministerial Expenditure in the FY 2024/25 Supplementary Estimates No.1 has decreased by 6.6 percent from the original approved Ministerial Budget Estimates. 

 2. The Recurrent Expenditure has decreased by 2.1percent while the Development Expenditure has decreased by 16.4 percent. This is within the allowable threshold for variation of a Supplementary Budget from the original Budget as appropriated by Parliament in accordance with the requirement of the Public Finance Management Act, (PFMA) CAP 412A.

 3. The change in the National Government Ministerial Budget (excluding Consolidated Fund Services and County Transfer Allocation) from the original approved Ministerial Budget is a decrease of Kshs.156.4 billion which reflects a 6.6% reduction. The reduction is on account of budget rationalization.

 4. The total gross change of the Ministerial Estimates, County Sharable Transfer Allocation and Consolidated Fund Services (interest, pension, salaries for State Officers and Net lending) amounts to a reduction of Kshs.121.9 billion or 1.9 percent decrease. This is within the provisions of Article 223 of the Constitution.

 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 

 Speaker Wetang'ula also directed the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Samuel Njoroge to notify all Members of the National Assembly and publish the Supplementary Estimates (No.1) for the FY 2024/2025 and all attendant documents submitted by the National Treasury on the parliamentary website,

 "In line with the current austerity measures and the expenditure reductions, the attendant sittings of Committees are held within the precincts of Parliament. Should the available meeting rooms be inadequate, any affected Committee(s) is to hold its sittings in other government facilities," stated Hon. Wetang'ula in the Notification.

 The Departmental Committees are expected to engage with Ministries, State Departments and Agencies to review the Supplementary Estimates No.1.

 The Budget and Appropriations Committee is also required to guide the process, seek public views and report to the House on or before Wednesday, July 24, 2024, to enable the National Assembly to subsequently consider the Supplementary Estimates and the Supplementary Appropriation legislation so as to give effect to the Revised Fiscal Framework and the proposed expenditure reductions.

 For details on the Supplementary Estimates No. 1 FY 2024/25 

http://parliament.go.ke/index.php/notification-all-members-national-assembly-and-general-public-business-next-sittings-national