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Ministries fail to spend development cash
Analysts say there is need to have timelines set for the development projects in order to track their implementation. FILE
Ministries are expected to return more than 30 per cent of the funds allocated to them for development last year, despite changes meant to push up the absorption of the cash.
The recruitment of technocrats as Cabinet secretaries and the change to devolved government has failed to close the gap reported annually between allocated funds and actual spending. The result, analysts say, is that taxpayers get a distorted view of public spending priorities.
