Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi is expected to present the 2025/2026 budget at Parliament buildings in Nairobi on Thursday June 12, 2025.
This will be Mbadi’s first budget as the second Treasury CS under President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza Government.
President Ruto’s Government is set to spend approximately Ksh.4.2 trillion in the 2025/26 financial year.
According to the National Treasury, the budget is anchored on President Ruto’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), with an aim of achieving the broader goals of Vision 2030.
The exchequer targets to finance the budget through ordinary revenue, grants, fees charged for government service, and borrowing.
At the same time, Mbadi will be highlighting the revenue-raising measures, with a target of tax collection set at Ksh.2.7 trillion.
Meanwhile, the Treasury plans to collect Ksh.560 billion in government levies and fees.
According to the budget document, Kenya is expecting grants of Ksh.46.9 billion, leaving some significant deficit that can be financed through borrowing both locally and internationally.
Education sector is the biggest winner in terms of allocation in the national government budget, receiving Ksh701.1 billion, representing 28.1 percent.
National security has been allocated Ksh251 billion.
The agriculture sector will receive Ksh78 billion, which includes Ksh8.2 billion for fertilizer subsidies and Ksh10.2 billion to support value chain development.
