Ahead of the tabling of the 2026/27 spending plan b the National Treasury CS next Thursday, there'll be an important session in the National Assembly this afternoon:
· The House will be adopting the Budget & Appropriations Committee Report on the 2026/27 Budget Estimates
· The 2026/27 recurrent spending budget has been set at Kes 2,078,996,468,734
· The 2026/27 capital spending has been set at Kes 851,219,544,450
· The 2026/27 total revenue projection has been set at Kes 3,630,572,000,000
· The 2026/27 Budget for Parliament has been set at Kes 50,982,043,962
· The 2026/27 budget for the Judiciary has been set at Kes 30,381,825,973
Important to point out that:
· National Treasury has been given until 30th September 2026, to undertake a review of the Petroleum Development Levy & its usage in fuel price stabilisation
· This review should include a framework for sustainable fuel price stabilisation, clear expenditure thresholds, forecasting of fuel price shocks, and enhanced accountability and reporting mechanisms
· National Treasury has been given until by 30th December 2026, to undertakes a comprehensive audit & reconciliation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) self-assessment tax liabilities relating to the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, including verification of the legal status, dispute resolution status, & potential fiscal exposure
If Ebola is considered too dangerous for Americans, why should Kenyans accept that risk?
Why is Ruto making decisions that affect the health and safety of millions of Kenyans as if he’s running his own Sugoi farm?
Major decisions must follow due process, involve public participation, and be subjected to parliamentary oversight.
Wenye nchi must never be treated as an afterthought in decisions that directly affect their lives.
@SpiceFMKE
BREAKING: Kenya's public debt increased by Sh533 billion in just the first 3 months of this year.
That translates to:
• Sh5.9 billion borrowed every day
• Sh246 million borrowed every hour
• Sh4.1 million borrowed every minute
Remember when William Ruto promised Kenyans he would stop borrowing and stop sinking the country deeper into debt?
Instead, the debt mountain keeps growing.
And here's what should worry all of us:
Much of the borrowing wasn't financing major new roads, railways, or other transformative projects. A significant share was simply being used to keep the government running.
Think about it like this:
If your salary can't cover your monthly expenses, you borrow.
Then you borrow again to repay the previous loan.
Then you take another loan to cover the next month's bills.
Soon, you're trapped in a cycle where you're borrowing from Peter to pay Tom, then borrowing from Alex to pay Peter, yet the solution from the beginning was simple: adjust your expenses to fit your salary.
That is the direction Kenya appears to be heading.
Yet the next budget exceeds Sh4.5 trillion, with more borrowing expected.
If debt is growing by over half a trillion shillings every 3 months, what will Kenya's debt look like by the end of Ruto's presidency? This is why 2027 is extremely important.
Court blocks Ebola centre in Kenya
Court extends conservatory orders stopping the establishment
Court: No entry for persons exposed to or infected with Ebola
Court: Make public details of the proposed Ebola quarantine centre
#CitizenExplainer
White House Briefing Qn: On ebola, if Kenya does end up blocking the US quarantine facility there, why can't Americans who have been exposed come to the US?
Listen to Dr Oz response, the US Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
#FocusOnAfrica
President Ruto acknowledges authorizing a U.S. request to bring Ebola-exposed Americans to Kenya for quarantine and treatment at Laikipia Air Base.
Wueh.
Court: No Ebola Centre in Kenya
Court extends conservatory orders stopping the establishment
Court: No entry for persons exposed to or infected with Ebola
Court: Make public details of the proposed Ebola quarantine centre
#CitizenBriefs
Ebola disease is a severe, often fatal illness transmitting from animals to humans and between humans.
Here’s what you need to know about how it spreads, the symptoms, and how to prevent infection.
UPDATE: High Court bars government from constructing proposed US Ebola facility or bringing American citizens to Kenya for treatment, pending hearing and determination of Katiba Institute case.
National Treasury CS, John Mbadi, has told the National Assembly's Budget & Appropriations Committee that at the moment, only that 2031 US$1.5 billion 9.75% Note presents a scenario of looming default risk for Kenya.
The Note, which was floated in February 2024 as part of the liability management for the US$2.0 billion bullet maturity, has a weighted average life of 6 years, armotization kicks in starting 2029.
Nairobi High court issues conservatory orders blocking any Ebola exposure, quarantine or treatment facility in Kenya tied to the US or foreign governments; orders disclosure of any public health, environmental, biosafety or security assessments undertaken in relation to the project
Protests have broken out in Kenya over plans for a US-government Ebola isolation facility near a US air base in Nanyuki.
A court has temporarily halted the project, which supporters say would strengthen Ebola preparedness but critics argue could put local communities at risk.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki to protest plans by the United States to establish an Ebola quarantine facility at a local military base https://t.co/pMWDNtt6C2
Can Kenya, a nation facing critical shortages of healthcare workers & ICU facilities, handle an Ebola outbreak?
KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Atellah questions the nation's preparedness, reiterating calls for government to publish the full details of the US-Kenya Ebola deal.
#FixingTheNationNTV @NationFmKE@EricLatiff@MariamBishar@blinkypenguin