Twist As Margaret Nyakango Unveils Govt Salary Exaggerations in Explosive Report
Margaret Nyakango, the Controller of Budget recently apprehended and accused of attempted forgery and running an unlicensed Sacco, has disclosed intricate information about the exaggeration of salaries within the National Treasury.
According to the Budget Implementation Review Report available on Kenyans.co.ke, it was noted that there were instances of overstatements during the initial three months (July to September) of the execution of President William Ruto’s Ksh3 trillion budget.
Before the report, Nyakang’o had solely revealed inaccuracies related to her salary. Now, she asserts that the mishandling of funds extends throughout multiple offices.
However, the remunerations of different officials in certain positions exceeded the specified limits outlined by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
However, the specific officers whose salaries were exaggerated were not highlighted.
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“When budget rationalization 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,” read the report in part.
However, Nyakang’o claimed that the Treasury needed to be precise in the budgeting phase to present an accurate depiction of the government’s expenditure on employee salaries.
“The Controller of Budget recommends prioritizing budget cuts for non-essential expenditures, inefficient programs, and projects with a low socio-economic impact. Specifically, reducing allocations to non-critical infrastructure projects, streamlining administrative costs, and optimizing subsidies through targeted interventions can help minimize deficit financing and promote fiscal sustainability.
“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,” Nyakang’o recommended.
Treasury Response
In a recent interview on Spice FM, Treasury CS Njunguna Ndung’u highlighted that budget projections are commonly utilized for the spending of different officials, as specific aspects like the precise quantity of travel cannot always be accurately anticipated during the initial drafting process.
However, he refuted the aspersions that money was misappropriated.
“For instance, for my travel, I have specific non-travels, which could be 3-4. But the others come in because of duty requirements. In a sense, they do not know how much I will travel, and they will put in an estimate.
“At the end year, they look and what you spent then they also put in an estimate,” he explained.
Twist As Margaret Nyakango Unveils Govt Salary Exaggerations in Explosive Report