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Opening the government sector working groups to taxpayers will increase budget transparency
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
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Considering how our National level budget is known to be buttressed with unnecessary plans and costs, that lead to wastage and leakages, the sector working group level is where Kenyans need to be worried about very much.
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Timely Budget implementation reports are a key route to checking inequalities
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
Government decisions on how money is spent should be made known to people in a timely manner if we are to maintain high levels of accountability in management of public finances.
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Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Kenya will collapse unless our health budgeting is improved
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
We all desire that UHC becomes a success and the government have made great strides on encouraging citizens to enroll into the UHC dream.
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WILL PRESUMPTIVE TAX HAVE A TAX INDUCED BEHAVIOR?
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
Taxing all persons and businesses that qualify for taxation and distributing the taxes prudently in the economy reduces inequalities and with it comes more goodwill from citizens
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Allow counties to implement Big Four agenda
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
In the budget for 2019-20, government, through the budget policy statement, plans to heavily invest in the President’s legacy christened Big Four agenda. The Big Four are housing, universal healthcare, manufacturing and food security.
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Counties should tell us how they spend our cash
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
The PFM Act clearly stipulates that these documents should be made available to the commission when they are being given to other agencies. However, it is not the responsibility of the commission to make them available to citizens, but of the counties
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What are some of the challenges counties face in revenue collection and is automation of revenue an end in itself?
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
Article 209 (3) of the constitution of Kenya obliges counties to impose property rates, entertainment taxes and any other tax which should be imposed through an Act of Parliament the revenue collected at the counties is then referred to as local revenue.
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In the FY 2018/19 national budget we celebrate small wins and mourn big losses.
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Publications
These wins and losses in this budget process indicates the need for sustained and concerted efforts to ensure participation is not left to a few pockets of citizens and groups and that the most vulnerable and marginalized participate in the process of how their taxes fund their priorities.
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Kwale county pending bills was Ksh 989.9 million as at the end of FY 16/17. How do pending bills arise?
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Policy Brief
Firstly, when there are delays in the release of the equitable share to the counties, projects that had been budgeted for and executed will remain unpaid by the end of the financial year.
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For devolution to succeed, County assembly budget resolutions must be respected.
- April 25, 2020
- Posted by: IPF Kenya
- Category: Policy Brief
The county fiscal strategy paper (CFSP) is a policy document that provides for the priorities that a county is pursuing in the coming financial year and is a requirement of Section 118 of Public Finance Management Act, 2012.