MAKUENI COUNTY THIRD QUARTER FY 2020-21 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

The Budget implementation report highlights progress made in implementation of the Makueni County Government Budget for the Financial Year 2020/2021, for the period ending 31 st March 2021. It also presents the key challenges that faced budget implementation during the reporting period and appropriate recommendations to overcome these challenges.

The total revenues mobilized in the first 9 months of FY 2020/21 were Kshs 6,114,904,288.29 representing 63 percent of the total budgeted revenues for the Financial Year. The overall County expenditure for the period amounted to Kshs. 4,340,822,834.09 against a Revised Budget of Kshs 11,672,939,708.37 representing an absorption rate of 27.38 percent for the first 9 months of FY 2020/2021. The recurrent expenditures were kshs 2,921,044,056.04 against a revised budget of Kshs 6,674,864,837.98 which translated to an absorption rate of 37 per cent. The development expenditure for the first 9 months of the FY 2020/21 were Kshs 1,419,778,778.05 against a revised budget of Kshs 4,998,074,870.39 representing an absorption rate of 28 percent.

The Budget was the third to implement the CIDP 2018-22 and was anchored on the County Government agenda of socio economic transformation with a broad focus on community economic empowerment
for increased household income.