Ministries’ allowances spend up 62 percent despite austerity push
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 0:01
By LYNET IGADWAH
Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Government offices have defied austerity drive to raise expenditure on salaries and allowances by 62 percent to Sh315 billion in nine months to March.
Data by the Controller of Budgets shows this was a Sh121.1 billion rise from the Sh194.6 billion spent by the 71 government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in a similar period the previous year.
“The total expenditure under personnel emoluments was Sh315.8 billion, with the Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) recording the highest amount under this category at Sh181.7 billion,” said Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o in a report.
The spending by TSC represented 57.7 percent of the total expenditure on personnel emoluments and is a Sh3.9 billion increase from the Sh177.8 billion spent at a similar period the previous year.
During the nine months, the Interior ministry recorded the sharpest rise in spending on salaries and perks at Sh59.3 billion a growth of 22 percent from Sh48.5 billion in a similar period in the 2018/19 financial year.
