State House seeks Ksh20 billion budget for 2026/2027
State House seeks Ksh20 billion budget for 2026/2027
State House is seeking a budgetary allocation of Ksh20 billion in the financial year 2026/2027, according to State House Comptroller Katoo Ole Metito.
This is despite public uproar after it was revealed the House on the Hill has received a 157.42 per cent increase in expenditure since the 2013/14 financial year.
“Even in the coming financial year, our projection is Ksh20 billion, but we have just been given Ksh11 billion,” Katoo told Citizen TV.
While clarifying reports that the State House has spent Ksh16.99 billion in the financial year to date, Katoo said the official presidential office is yet to hit its budgetary allocation of Ksh18 billion.
“We have not actually attained what our requirement was, let alone surpassed it. Our requirement was Ksh18 billion,” Katoo asserted.
According to supplementary budget papers submitted to Parliament, State House is seeking an additional Ksh8.4 billion, largely to cater for increased travel, hospitality and other operational expenses.
If approved, this addition means the budget allocation to Ruto’s official residence will more than double from the Ksh8.58 billion originally approved to Ksh16.99 billion.
While defending the expenditure, Katoo explained that President Ruto’s administration has increased the number of State Lodges to 14, adding four more in Bungoma, Homa Bay, Kitui and Kwale.
“We have an increment in State Lodges now because previously, we had eight, and now we have four new ones built by this administration,” Katoo insisted.
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However, a review of data presented in Parliament shows that nearly the entire increase is concentrated in the State House, Nairobi, whose expenditure has increased 2.4 times from Ksh6.14 billion to Ksh14.58 billion, a jump of Ksh8.44 billion.
State Lodges actually saw no increase, with their allocation remaining at Ksh103.123 million. Recurring budgets for State House facilities in Mombasa and Nakuru also had no increase, remaining at Ksh24.94 million and Ksh32.34 million, respectively.
Despite pushback, it seems the additional funds are primarily meant to support operations at the main presidential office.
Budget for domestic travel and subsistence costs for Ruto’s office has jumped from Ksh375.6 million to Ksh2.12 billion, while hospitality spending has risen from Ksh337.7 million to Ksh1.61 billion.
Meanwhile, fuel costs for the presidential fleet climb from Ksh191.2 million to Ksh600.4 million, and routine maintenance of vehicles and other transport equipment rises from Ksh136.3 million to Ksh530 million.
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