Statehouse and the Office of the Deputy President have been the hardest hit in the latest budgetary review announced by the National Treasury losing a combines Sh5.51 billion in recurrent expenditure alone.
The recurrent budget for Deputy President Services has been reduced by Sh1.88 billion, lowering it from Sh4.58 billion to Sh2.69 billion.
The State House’s recurrent expenditure will decrease by Sh3.63 billion, dropping from Sh7.94 billion to Sh4.31 billion, with Sh2.19 billion of this allocated to State House Nairobi.
Universities will see a Sh1.77 billion cut in their recurrent budget, reducing it from Sh121 billion to Sh119.2 billion, including Sh1.7 billion for government sponsorships to students in private universities.
Basic education’s recurrent budget is also being cut by Sh8.08 billion, falling from Sh121.9 billion to Sh113.8 billion, affecting examination waivers for primary and secondary education.
Strategic interventions for basic wages for temporary employees under the National Treasury will see a reduction of Sh5.28 billion.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will experience a Sh10.28 billion cut in its recurrent budget, which will now stand at Sh347.49 billion, including Sh10 billion for the basic salaries of permanent employees.
Development
In development expenditure, TVETs and TTIs will face a Sh3.14 billion cut, reducing their budget from Sh7.56 billion to Sh4.42 billion. Universities' development budget will decrease by Sh3.22 billion, falling from Sh4.37 billion to Sh1.15 billion.Primary education’s development expenditure will see a reduction of Sh1.81 billion, bringing it down to Sh11.73 billion from Sh13.54 billion.
Secondary education’s development budget is being cut by Sh4.97 billion, lowering it to Sh1.75 billion from Sh6.72 billion.
Various projects under the National Treasury will see a reduction of Sh7 billion, decreasing their budget from Sh59.5 billion to Sh52.5 billion.
Medical services projects will face a Sh6.94 billion cut, reducing their budget from Sh34.89 billion to Sh27.95 billion.
Various road projects will see a significant cut of Sh14.11 billion, bringing the budget down from Sh126.88 billion to Sh112.77 billion. Transport projects will face a reduction of Sh3.23 billion, lowering the budget from Sh35.23 billion to Sh32 billion.
Housing and urban development projects will see a budget cut of Sh2.41 billion, reducing it from Sh86.25 billion to Sh83.84 billion.
Irrigation projects will face a reduction of Sh2.79 billion, lowering the budget from Sh21.92 billion to Sh19.13 billion, including Sh1.5 billion for the Drought Resilience Program in Northern Kenya and Sh700 million for household irrigation water harvesting projects.Water and sanitation projects will experience a budget cut of Sh3.71 billion, decreasing the budget from Sh46.66 billion to Sh42.95 billion.
Projects under lands will see a significant cut of Sh4.99 billion, reducing the budget from Sh5.85 billion to Sh859 million, with specific allocations for settlement of the landless, processing and registration of title deeds, and digitization of land registries.
ICT projects will face a reduction of Sh2.37 billion, lowering the budget from Sh18.83 billion to Sh16.46 billion, including Sh704 million for the Digital Superhighway.
Energy projects will see a substantial cut of Sh18.54 billion, reducing the budget from Sh59.77 billion to Sh41.23 billion, with allocations for electrification of public facilities and rural electrification schemes.
The blue economy projects will face a reduction of Sh2.625 billion, lowering the budget from Sh9.64 billion to Sh7.01 billion, including Sh766 million for the exploitation of living resources under the blue economy. Agriculture projects will experience a budget cut of Sh1.69 billion, reducing the budget from Sh30.04 billion to Sh28.35 billion.
Wildlife projects will see a reduction of Sh1.92 billion, decreasing the budget from Sh2.25 billion to Sh335 million. Finally, the Judiciary’s development budget will be halved, from Sh1.6 billion to Sh800 million.
