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President William Ruto on Tuesday, March 18, assented to the 2025 Supplementary Appropriations Bill.
The Bill, passed by Parliament on March 14 and fronted by Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei, aims to address financial gaps in key sectors such as health, education, and police services.
According to a National Assembly statement, the Supplementary Estimates II for the 2024/25 Financial Year was driven by expenditures under Article 223 of the Constitution and the need for additional allocations and fund reallocations.
“The Bill aims to facilitate the approval of additional allocations required to address various financing gaps, including shortfalls in personnel emoluments, adjustments to Appropriation-in-Aid (A-I-A) receipts, and realignment of budgetary provisions to projected absorption levels,” read the statement.
The education sector will receive Sh50 billion, with Sh18 billion allocated to the Teachers Service Commission for insurance shortfalls, teacher promotions, and personnel emoluments. University education will get Sh16 billion, while Sh4.2 billion will fund the implementation of the Universities Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
World Bank support for the Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning Program will receive Sh6.5 billion, while the State Department for TVETs will get Sh8 billion due to an upward revision of A-I-A for TVETs. The School Feeding Program has been allocated Sh600 million.
The health sector will receive Sh13.7 billion to address Universal Health Coverage concerns and reforms.
KEMSA will get Sh1.5 billion for recapitalization, while the Primary Healthcare Fund and Emergency, Chronic, and Critical Illness Fund will each receive Sh3 billion. Sh600 million has been set aside to operationalize Primary Health Care Networks.
Interns demanding facilitation will receive a Sh1.5 billion stipend. Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital will get Sh1 billion, Kenyatta National Hospital Sh1.7 billion, and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital Sh1.4 billion.
Other allocations include Sh7.5 billion for the National Police Service, Sh5 billion for drought-related interventions, Sh16 billion for the roads sector, and Sh4.6 billion to the State Department for Tourism following an upward revision in A-I-A.
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