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Major Cuts as Big Chunk of Kenya’s Budget Goes to Debt

U.S.$8 billion of Kenya's Budget will go to servicing debt in the 2020/21 financial year. The Treasury has also shrunk Deputy President William Ruto's total allocation by 40% in the new financial year, and reorganised the recurrent expenditure of the presidency to reflect ongoing changes at State House, writes Paul Wafula for The Nation.

Kenya: Budget - National Security Gets Third Biggest Allocation

Nation, 11 June 2020

National security will be the third biggest expenditure item in the 2020/21 period. It will come after education and infrastructure, an indication that crime busting and law… Read more »
Kenya: Budget Big Shocker for DP Ruto

Nation, 10 June 2020

Deputy President William Ruto will have a rough year after his budget was slashed by over 40 per cent. Read more »
Kenya: Big Chunk of Budget Earmarked for Servicing Rising Debt

Nation, 10 June 2020

The National Assembly has adopted a report of the Budget committee that will see the government spend Sh1.887 trillion in the 2020/21 financial year. Read more »
Kenya: Yatani to Walk a Tightrope As He Balances Competing Needs in 20/21 Budget - Expert

Capital FM, 10 June 2020

The Government is set to present the budget statement before the National Assembly on 11 June 2020. Read more »
Kenya: Yatani to Draw Lessons From Kenyatta as He Presents First Budget

Nation, 9 June 2020

When he walks to the National Assembly to read the budget estimates for 2020/2021, Treasury CS Ukur Yatani will set a precedent as the first Finance chief in the history of the… Read more »
Kenya: Ensure Scarce Budget Funds Are Well Spent

Nation, 11 June 2020

The National Treasury presents this year's Budget today against uncertain circumstances. Rightfully, it can be called the 'crisis recovery budget'. Kenya, like the rest of the… Read more »

Office of the Deputy President/Daily Nation

Though Deputy President William Ruto is not the only one affected in the Budget cuts, he is among top officials in the Executive with the steepest cuts in the 2020/21 spending plan, which will see the government spend a total of Sh2.7 trillion.