State House seeks Ksh 9.76 billion top up citing ‘key planned activities’
State House seeks Ksh 9.76 billion top up citing 'key planned activities'
State House has raised alarm over what it describes as inadequate funding for the current financial year, revealing a significant shortfall that threatens the implementation of key presidential operations.
During a parliamentary session on Monday, State House Comptroller Katoo Ole Metito informed the Administration and Internal Security Committee that the official presidential office had received Ksh8.58 billion against the projected requirements of Ksh18.33 billion for the financial year 2025/26.
“This allocation is simply not enough to cover the planned activities and operational expenses of the State House,” said Katoo, urging the Committee to consider supplementary funding under the Supplementary Estimates No. I for the current financial year.
According to initial parliamentary appearances, the State House’s additional funding demands are largely intended to cater to increased travel, hospitality, and operational requirements of the President and State House staff.
The Comptroller had also earlier revealed, while presenting its budget estimates for the financial year 2026/2027, that the number of State Lodges has increased from eight to fourteen under President Ruto’s administration, with four newly constructed lodges in Bungoma, Homa Bay, Kitui, and Kwale, pointing to the need for more resource allocation.
During the appearance in early March, it emerged that the State House is currently seeking a budgetary allocation of Ksh20 billion in the financial year 2026/2027.
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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.
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.
The shortfall of Ksh9.76 billion comes as the Committee also scrutinised expenditure by other government departments, including the State Department for Immigration, which has spent Ksh6.78 billion of its development budget as of December 31, 2025.
At the same committee, the Immigration Department, represented by PS Belio Kipsang, defended its development budget spending, noting that over 50 per cent of allocated funds had already been used to fulfil contractual obligations such as ID card production, passport booklets, and eCitizen services.
MPs at the committee raised concerns over revenue collection processes, but Kipsang reassured them that all payments are now processed digitally through the eCitizen paybill system, with no manual collections taking place.
eCitizen alone is one of the services that collects high amounts of revenue, totalling about Ksh1 billion on a daily basis, according to government records.
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