Figures show 2014/15 budget crisis

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>Parliament reconvenes today with MPs scheduled to debate the current government budget funding crisis.

The 2014/15 budget was passed recently despite the fact that the majority of opposition party members dissented.

>Members of Parliament received the 2014/15 national Budget with mixed reactions here yesterday with some hailing it and others poking holes in it.

>Finance minister Saada Mkuya yesterday tabled a budget that seeks to rein in lavish spending as it abolishes expensive tax exemptions. But even though the government promised to reduce the cost of living, the budget presented yesterday did not demonstrate clearly how the man on the street would get relief when it comes to daily household expenses.

The government is proposing to spend Sh19.6 trillion in the 2014/15 financial year, which would be an increase of Sh1.4 trillion over the just-ending year’s Budget. The 2013/14 Budget stood at Sh18.2 trillion.

>The government is to introduce tighter controls on public expenditure as it seeks to increase financial discipline among public officials amid dwindling revenue collections.