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Sh160 billion of government spending sits under vague budget lines.
The government spent Sh160 billion in the year to June 2026 under budget lines so broad that they do not say what the money actually paid for, the Controller of Budget has reported.
In her review of how the national budget was carried out, Margaret Nyakang'o shows Sh104.84 billion of that sat under recurrent spending and Sh55.01 billion under development spending, most of it labelled "other expenses" or "security operations".
The biggest single line is the State Department for Internal Security at Sh24.09 billion, followed by the National Police Service at Sh16.02 billion and the National Treasury at Sh15.87 billion. State House accounted for Sh6.73 billion in confidential spending and the Executive Office of the President Sh1.91 billion.
Senator Okiya Omtatah called the practice "budgeted corruption. That is how they are stealing our money."
Human rights defender Suba Churchill said the figures need a closer look. "There is a need for a thorough scrutiny of how these funds are spent," he said.
The law does allow confidential spending for genuine security work. What auditors keep warning about is the size: when the amounts get this big without a breakdown, there is no way for the public to check whether the money was used well.
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The government spent Sh160 billion in the year to June 2026 under budget lines so broad that they do not say what the money actually paid for, the Controller of Budget has reported.
In her review of how the national budget was carried out, Margaret Nyakang’o shows Sh104.84 billion of that sat under recurrent spending and Sh55.01 billion under development spending, most of it labelled “other expenses” or “security operations”.
The biggest single line is the State Department for Internal Security at Sh24.09 billion, followed by the National Police Service at Sh16.02 billion and the National Treasury at Sh15.87 billion. State House accounted for Sh6.73 billion in confidential spending and the Executive Office of the President Sh1.91 billion.
Senator Okiya Omtatah called the practice “budgeted corruption. That is how they are stealing our money.”
Human rights defender Suba Churchill said the figures need a closer look. “There is a need for a thorough scrutiny of how these funds are spent,” he said.
The law does allow confidential spending for genuine security work. What auditors keep warning about is the size: when the amounts get this big without a breakdown, there is no way for the public to check whether the money was used well.
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