Sh294bn to tighten security ahead of next year’s polls
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i inspects a guard of honour on December 16, 2019, during a passout parade of police officers who underwent a standardisation course at the Kiganjo police college.
Yatani’s budget has been seen to prioritise allocation to ensure a peaceful poll.
The Judiciary gets the short end of the stick with as the annual budgetary allocation continues to receive cuts.
With slightly over a year to the General Election, the government has prioritised having a peaceful poll over other justice and governance matters.
In his budget statement yesterday, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani slashed allocations to the military and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) while increasing the money allocated to the Interior Ministry.
