By Peter Wotomu
The
format of budget preparation and submission changed from the traditional budget
preparation based on the historical expenditure trends to priority activity based
budgeting commencing from the 2014 Financial Year.
The new
budget preparation format requires all priority expenditures to be submitted in
a priority budget with details of the priority expenditures in accordance with
the Registry’s medium term works programme in line with the Government’s Medium
Term Development Strategy (MTDS).
The
normal Operational Expenditure for the financial year is normally released
through the annual and subsequently through the monthly cash ceiling each month
which includes both the personnel emoluments and for general goods and
services.
The
Registry’s Priority Expenditure budget was submitted to the Department Of
treasury in July 2018 totalling approximately K2.9m. However it appears that
there was no appropriation given for priority expenditure for 2019 because the
total appropriation for goods and services for the Registry for 2019 is only K818,
200.00.
Budget Comparisons
There is
very little change in the budget appropriation between 2019 and 2018 Financial Years
even though upward movements have been noted in the Personnel Emolument items
by 20% and 3% respectively in both Board & Secretariat and the Political
Parties activities.
Although
there has been an increase in the Grants & Subsidies the increase is not
adequate to cover the total annual grant expected of K1,110.00.
There has
been general cuts in the Registry’s budget in 2019 across the Board and
therefore it will be certainly difficult for the Registry to implement all its
work plan for the Financial Year.
Refer Table Below For The Movements Between
2018 & 2019 Financial Years.
