THE STANDARD By
Josephat Thiong o |
March 15th 2021 at 09:20:28 GMT +0300
City Hall has set aside Sh25 million for the employment of more officers to provide security to its installations across the 85 wards.
This will effectively see the Nairobi County government halt outsourcing of security from private firms to guard institutions such as education centres, hospitals and county land.
The monies have been provided for in the Sh37.8 billion supplementary budget for the 2020/21 financial year that was passed by the Assembly last Thursday.
“Security, Compliance and Inspectorate require an additional reallocation of Sh25 million to cater for recruitment of security personnel,” reads the Supplementary Budget in part.
City Hall has set an ambitious target of Sh19.8 billion for own-source revenue for the financial year ending June 30, 2022, pointing to an increase in rates and levies.