President Uhuru Kenyatta. PHOTO/FILE  NATION MEDIA GROUP

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday signed into law the Appropriations Act 2013.

The Act authorizes appropriations of Sh815.6 billion out of the Consolidated Fund to finance certain public services and purposes during the 2013/2014 financial year.

The President also signed the General Warrant Financial Year 2013/14 authorizing the Cabinet Secretary National Treasury to issue from the Consolidated Fund specified sums of money allocated to various Ministries and Departments to meet the Government recurrent and development expenditures for next financial year.

“In accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Appropriation Act 2013, I hereby authorize and require you to issue from the Consolidated Fund sums specified to meet the expenditure as required from time to time” the President said in the General Warrant Financial Year 2013/14 to the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury.