Kenya’s MPs push for suspension of projects in austerity drive

Ukur Yatani.

Ukur Yatani, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Kenya’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has advised the National Treasury to defer projects by one year.

This comes even as Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Ukur Yatani, prepares to table a spending plan for Ksh3 trillion ($27.52 billion) in the 2021/22 fiscal year amid growing pressure to control public expenditure, reduce borrowing and put off new projects to save a struggling economy.