Baringo County Annual Progress Report FY 2017- 2018 (2018)

The County Annual Progress Report for 2017/18 financial year is a monitoring and evaluation tool prepared in accordance with section 104 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. It reviews the performance of the financial year 2017/18 by making comparisons to the Annual Development Plan (ADP) and budget allocations for the period under the review. In so doing the CAPR analyzes the performance of targets set in the ADP against achievement, the challenges, lessons learnt and best practices during the implementation. The CPR also analyses both revenue and expenditure in the budget for 2017/18 Financial year. It has included the total revenue collected and made comparison over projected revenue for the same year. Furthermore, the document analyses revenue streams and underpins some possible causes of underperformance /over performance as well as analysis of performance of departmental expenditures for the period under review. It is also expected that CAPR will help in improving the link between policy, planning and budgeting, transparency and accountability in the use of public resources. This is vital in the preparation of the ADP annual budgets, management of public resources, and prioritization of resources to key sectors in 2019/2020 financial year. Thus this will help in addressing weaknesses in implementation of spending priorities consistent with government policies of achieving high and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction.

This CAPR will also provide an overview of how the actual performance of the FY 2017/18 affected the financial objectives as detailed in the County Fiscal and Strategy Paper (CFSP) and will form a basis for projecting the 2019/20 budget based on the recent economic development. The CAPR 2017/18 will also be instrumental in providing a guide in implementation of the 2018/19 ADP and Annual Budget. This will be achieved through fiscal discipline in ensuring proper management of public resources and opening up of new as well as maintaining of existing sources of revenue. The CAPR will be made available to the public including members of County Assembly to facilitate understanding of the development and fiscal environment and proposed county government strategies in line with the objective of improving public transparency and accountability.

Hon. Dr. David Sergon
County Executive Committee Member Finance and Economic Planning