Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO)

Budget office slashes growth rate to 4.9 pc

Reading Time: 2 minutes The parliamentary budget office (PBO) has revised Kenya’s economic growth this year from 6 per cent to 4.9 per cent […]

Experts warn of looming financial crisis

Reading Time: 3 minutes The 2021/22 budget may not be fully implemented due to lack of funds and time constraints, experts warn. At the […]

Experts say budget requires more clarity

Reading Time: 3 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka Experts say financial year 2021/22 budgetary estimates will be read without guidance of current economic trends in […]

Yatani put on the spot over budget funding

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mercy Mwai @wangumarci The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has warned that the National Treasury will find it difficult to fund […]

PBO query allocations for Trade

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Parliamentary Budget office (PBO) has challenged the government to support exporters by adopting a responsive trade approach geared towards […]

Money bill escalates ego fight among legislators

Reading Time: 2 minutes The unending sibling rivalry between the Senate and the National Assembly deepened after senators accused MPs of shelving their pieces […]

State throws Sh2b lifeline to struggling hospitality sector

Reading Time: 3 minutes The hospitality industry has been handed a Sh2 billion boost to cushion it from coronavirus shocks that have resulted in […]

MPs rubbish Treasury’s 2020 growth projection

Reading Time: 2 minutes John Otini The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) has quashed Treasury’s 6.2 per cent economic growth projections for […]

Success of Big 4 pipe dream, says Budget Office

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mercy Mwai @wangumarci  The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has raised the red flag that the realisation of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big […]