Trans Nzoia County Assembly Burns the Midnight Oil to Pass KSh12.67 Billion Budget Before Constitutional Deadline

By Joan Ngetich

The Trans Nzoia County Assembly sat late into the night on Tuesday to debate and approve the County Government's KSh12.67 billion Budget Estimates for the 2026/2027 Financial Year, meeting the constitutional deadline of 30th June.

The Assembly approved a total projected revenue of KSh12.67 billion, comprising KSh8.24 billion from the equitable share, KSh1.22 billion in locally generated revenue, KSh1.25 billion in grants and transfers, and KSh1.95 billion in committed unspent balances carried forward from the previous financial year.

The approved expenditure stands at KSh11.03 billion, with KSh6.9 billion allocated to recurrent expenditure and KSh4.13 billion earmarked for development. The budget also provides KSh750 million for ward-specific projects and KSh1.25 billion for donor-funded programmes.

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Hon. Andrew Mkhisa Wanyonyi 
                                            
Honorable Members, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
It gives me great pleasure as I Stand before you to usher in the 3rd County Assembly of this Honorable house.
I pay special tribute to you all the honorable members for giving me this humble opportunity to serve as your Third Speaker of our County.

I would like to take this momentous opportunity to congratulate all the elected leaders in our County, starting with His Excellency the Governor and his deputy, the honorable Senator, Honorable Member of Parliament and indeed the Honorable members of this county assembly. I wish to congratulate the people of Trans Nzoia County for conducting a peaceful general election on the 9th August 2022.

Honorable members let us all thank and appreciate the 1st and 2nd Assembly despite the challenges of being the Pioneer House, they laid a firm foundation for this institution.

I also want to in a special way to thank and congratulate the elected ladies, who fought a brave battle and won. I wish to also congratulate and welcome all the nominated members of this assembly and wish them all the best as they discharge their mandate.

Honorable Members Ladies and gentlemen, today marks the beginning of a new era; a great and tremendous season of five years ahead of us.
we must appreciate at the beginning of our journey as the people’s representatives that our County is a unique one in the sense that our County is comprised of all the diverse faces of Kenya in terms of race, ethnicity, Religion and so forth. Our first and foremost duty under my stewardship shall be ensuring the cohesion and integration of our people through our constitutional mandate of representation. Every category among the people of Trans Nzoia must be represented in every aspect of governance in our great County.

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