Ruto Urges State Agencies to Generate Their Own Resources To Eliminate Over-dependence

President William Ruto on Monday 28, challenged State Agencies to find ways of generating their own funds to eradicate over-dependence on National Treasury for funding.

Speaking while pressing over pass out of 574 Kenya Forest Service (KFS) cadets in Gilgil, Nakuru, the Head of State gave an instance with the KFS saying it will undergo a change in its financial system early next year requiring it to fund its own budget, urging other government agencies to follow suit.

‘’I have the undertaking of the Minister (CS Aden Duale) and the Kenya Forest Service that from next year, KFS will exit from requiring resources from the exchequer and they will run their affairs using their own internally generated resources,’’ Ruto asserted.

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President Ruto further disclosed that this year, Treasury only disbursed Ksh.280million to KFS, applauding them for their commitment to raise billions of shillings using their own resources.

‘’This year we only supported Kenya Forest Service to the tune of Ksh280 million. The rest of the Ksh4.7 billion budget is raised by Kenya Forest Service itself,’’ he added.

Following a successful effort to raise their own funds to run the agency, KFS now joins a list of recognized government agencies that have managed their own budgets, after National Police Service(NPS) did it before.