...It is my pleasure to present to you the 2019 County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) for Garissa County. This is the Second CFSP prepared by the County Treasury to implement the Second generation County Integrated Development Plan (2018-2022). It identifies the broad strategic priorities areas and policies goals that will form the basis for preparation of 2019/2020 budget and the medium term in accordance with section 117 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. The strategic priorities and goals outlined in this Paper herein are based on Governors Manifesto and the transformative agenda pursue by the County leadership as well as sectoral plan as contain in the Annual Development Plan and inputs from Public Participation forums.The County has made significant progress in various fronts. The most notable of this is the increase in local revenue collection in the first half of the financial 2018/2019, which has increased by 95 per cent compared to the same period the previous financial year. Going forward, we shall endeavor to build on this progress and ensure the local revenue target is met in the next financial year. Other detailed sectoral achievement is outlined chapter six, the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, section of this document This paper highlights the outcome of the previous financial year and also realign itself to broad National objectives is defined in the budget policy statement (BPS).It also contain vital data information on: Macro-economic policy and plans; overall fiscal strategy, such as cumulative revenue projections; the resource envelopment for the medium term; County overall priority intervention and proposed departmental expenditure in the medium term expenditure Framework.

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