Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- The Treasury considers scrapping supplementary budgets from its national expenditure cycle as part of a strategy to instill prudence in spending, Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has claimed.

Supplementary budgets are special requests for additional funding to cover unforeseen expenses during a budget cycle.

Kenya has traditionally issued two to three supplementary budgets over a financial year.

"If you notice, I am one person who believes we should kill supplementary budgets. So we are gradually moving there...previously we used to have supplementary budgets in December, November," Mr Mbadi said in an interview.

Article 223 of the Constitution provides the authority for supplementary appropriation. It allows the gover...