State projects stall in favor of the Big 4 Agenda

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On July 20, 2018, President Uhuru Kenyatta tabled a report directing the freezing of all new government projects until the ongoing ones are completed.

As per this directive, projects worth over KShs 366bn have been stalled according to the report presented by the Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich to the National Assembly.

The report, which was tabled in the House yesterday by Majority Leader Aden Duale, is a consolidated submission from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on the status of projects being implemented.

The National Assembly on November 15, 2018 and Treasury’s circular of August 31, 2018 required details of stalled capital projects for submission to the House.

This was informed by fears that huge amounts of money are being sunk into projects that are either delayed in implementation or are never completed.

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With the sole purpose of affording job opportunities to the youth along with bettering the Kenyan economy, the government launched at least projects.

The projects that are affected the most irrigation dams, learning institutions, roads, construction of courts, roads and crop research among others.

With this report, it is feared that the development project of the government might not be realized due to its spending on irrelevant projects.

In the report, Mr Rotich expressed his worry about breach of contract lawsuits due to delayed completion of projects coming from failure to pay on time and extension deadlines.

Mr Rotich also notes that most of the projects have ‘freezed’ due to the realignment of the budget to fund devolution and the Big 4 Agenda.

Other reasons for the projects’ stalling are budget rationalization, lack of funds, budgetary constraints and low budget ceiling due to allocation to finance pending bills.

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