Budget

‘None was given even water’ – Natembeya angry that Ksh500K was spent for Trans Nzoia Mashujaa Day celebration
Reading Time: 2 minutes Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya has questioned Ksh500,000, the amount allocated for the Mashujaa Day celebrations in his county. Speaking […]

Ruto proposes budget cuts to tame spending
Reading Time: 4 minutes President William Ruto yesterday embarked on the daunting task of resuscitating the economy by ordering the National Treasury to cut […]

How Kenya can make gender-sensitive budget a reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even though the constitutional requirement of two-thirds gender rule has not been met, the recent elections were an improvement in […]

Budget boss decries high county perks, low utility
Reading Time: 3 minutes The office of the Controller of Budget has raised concerns over low expenditure on development budget by county governments compared […]

Nairobi MCAs approve Sh38.3 billion budget
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi County Assembly has approved the 38.33 billion budget for the 2022-23 financial year. In the budget, the office of […]

Treasury’s headache as MPs punch Sh51b hole in budget
Reading Time: 2 minutes National Treasury has found itself between a rock and a hard place after legislators dug a Sh50.6 billion hole in […]

Kenya needs to live within its means
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite the increasing appetite for spending, the National Treasury has reduced Kenya’s fiscal deficit to Sh862.5 billion from over Sh930 […]

Judiciary’s cash woes to persist
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Treasury has allocated the Judiciary Sh18.9 billion in this year’s Budget, way below the Sh39.5 billion it had asked […]

Pending bills to take large chunk of estimates despite increased payments
Reading Time: 2 minutes The government is expected to increase the allocation in the 2022/23 budget to settle bills owed by both national and […]

Skepticism and hope in Uhuru last Budget
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hard hit by a steady rise in the cost of living, Kenyans are crossing their fingers that today’s Budget speech […]