The County Budget Review Outlook Paper (CBROP) is prepared in line with section 118 of thePublic Finance Management Act, 2012. It reviews the actual fiscal performance of the financialyear 2014/2015 and makes comparisons to the budget appropriations of the same year. It alsoprovides the recent economic developments and the updated economic and financial forecastwith sufficient information to show changes from the forecast in the County Fiscal StrategyPaper (CFSP) of February, 2014.

In reviewing the fiscal performance, this paper analyzes the performance of county own revenuein the FY 2014/2015. This paper highlights the total revenue collected during the financial year2014/2015 and compared with the projected revenue for the same year. Additionally, the causesof the underperformance of revenue are also highlighted. This analysis also includes theperformance on expenditures of the various county departments during the period under review.

This paper has also provided an overview of how the actual performance of the FY 2014/2015affected the financial objectives as detailed in CFSP of 2014. The performance of 2014/2015budget has formed the basis for projecting the 2015/2016 budget based on the recent economicdevelopment trends.

It is anticipated that, the projected revenue and expenditure for 2015/2016 will be achieved withstrict expenditure controls and enhanced revenue collection measures. This will be achievedthrough fiscal discipline to ensure proper management of public resources and delivery ofexpected output.

To ensure transparency and accountability the executive will involve and relay out performanceindicators to all stakeholders as required by the constitution 2010 and Public FinanceManagement Act, 2012