The State House has requested additional funding in the Supplementary Estimates No. 2 for the 2024/25 financial year to address operational and maintenance challenges following significant budget cuts.
Comptroller of State House, Katoo Ole Metito, presented the request to the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, highlighting that as of December 31, 2024, State House had spent KSh3.66 billion out of the revised KSh4.3 billion budget, reflecting an absorption rate of 85%.
Initially, the State House budget was KSh9.49 billion but was reduced by 54% in the first supplementary estimates, affecting personnel costs, contractual obligations, and critical operations.
In the latest revision, the budget has been increased by KSh3.8 billion to KSh8.1 billion to facilitate essential activities.
"It is important to note that the printed estimates for the FY 2024/25 was Ksh.9,496.0 million, which was revised to Ksh.4,307.5 million during the Supplementary Estimates No.1, translating to 54% budget reduction. This affected budgetary allocations for Personnel emoluments, contractual obligations and other critical operations & maintenance expenditures," said Ole MetitoMetito also noted that infrastructure at State Houses and Lodges requires urgent maintenance, but a 100% cut in development funding in Supplementary Estimates No. 1 has stalled planned works. No additional allocation for development has been considered in the latest estimates, further straining operations.
"During Supplementary Estimates No.2 FY 2024/25, State House therefore, seeks consideration by this Honorable Committee for additional funding of KSh.979.0 million under recurrent expenditure to optimally deliver on its overall mandate."Additionally, under Article 223 of the Constitution, State House received KSh1.5 billion from the National Treasury on February 17, 2025, to settle contractual obligations and support urgent maintenance.
“State House - Vote 1017 was granted approval for additional funding of KSh. 1,500 million by the National Treasury under Article 223 of the Constitution to facilitate urgent operations and maintenance expenditure. The date of first withdrawal of the money was on 17th February, 2025. The money was spent to settle payment for various contractual obligations,” Ole Metito said in submissions to the MPsThe Committee will now deliberate on the request before making recommendations on the final budgetary allocations.
