The governor has accused the ward representatives of allocating themselves Sh900 million in the Sh5.6 billion budget they passed for the 2014/2015 financial year.

He said the assembly had been allocated Sh674 million for recurrent expenditure and Sh216 million for car loans and mortgages.

Further, he accused them of illegally allocating themselves Sh240 million under a ward development fund that, he said, was unconstitutional. The governor said the assembly passed the budget in a rush even after he had written to Speaker Steven Ngelu indicating areas to be corrected by the Commission on Revenue Allocation, the Controller of Budget and the Constitution Implementation Commission. His June 23 letter proposed an urgent meeting between the assembly’s and executive’s budget committees to discuss the sticky issues “but he (Speaker) chose to ignore it”. “The Speaker will not lead in impunity under my watch,” said the governor. “I dare them to impeach me as I will not present to them the Appropriation Budget Bill nor sign the Sh1 billion they are demanding.” He accused the assembly members of allocating the Sh240 million for wards when a Ward Development Fund Bill had not been approved.

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