{"id":134118,"date":"2026-03-13T07:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mislablled-budget-controller-clarifies-sh44-5mn-expenditure-by-second-lady\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:02:55","slug":"mislablled-budget-controller-clarifies-sh44-5mn-expenditure-by-second-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mislablled-budget-controller-clarifies-sh44-5mn-expenditure-by-second-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mislablled\u2019: Budget Controller clarifies Sh44.5mn expenditure by Second Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 \u2013 The Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang\u2019o has clarified earlier reports suggesting Second Lady Joyce Kithure\u2019s office spent Sh44.5 million in the first half of the 2025\/26 financial year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a statement, the Office of the Controller of Budget (OCoB) said the expenditure had been incorrectly attributed to the \u201cOffice of the Spouse of the Deputy President (OSDP) Affirmative Action Intervention sub-programme\u201d in the National Government Budget Implementation Review Report (NGBIRR).<\/p>\n

The Sh44.52 million actually spent under the \u201cGovernment Strategic Priority Intervention\u201d sub-programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe error arose from the transposition of figures between two sub-programmes that followed each other on the reporting template,\u201d OCoB explained.<\/p>\n

The office added that the misclassification was compounded by reporting inconsistencies in the Deputy President\u2019s budget performance submissions.<\/p>\n

The report, covering the period from July 1 to December 31, 2025, is the second quarterly review for FY 2025\/26. It is part of Kenya\u2019s legal requirements under Article 228(6) of the Constitution and the Controller of Budget Act, Cap 429, which mandate quarterly budget performance reports to Parliament.<\/p>\n

177-billion-shilling reduction<\/h2>\n

The FY 2025\/26 budget, part of Kenya\u2019s fourth Medium-Term Plan (2023-2027) under the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), aims to boost investments in key sectors, including agriculture, micro, small, and medium enterprises, healthcare, housing, digital infrastructure, and creative industries.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s original gross budget for the year was 4.69 trillion shillings, up from Sh4.37 trillion in FY 2024\/25. Education received the largest allocation at Sh703.07 billion, followed by Energy, Infrastructure, and ICT at Sh534.63 billion.<\/p>\n

In July 2024, President William Ruto revised an earlier plan to cut the national budget by Sh346 billion shillings, instead opting for a 177-billion-shilling reduction, with the balance funded through borrowing.<\/p>\n

The adjustments were aimed at preserving funding for priority initiatives, including hiring additional Junior Secondary School teachers, medical interns, fertilizer subsidies, and support for farmers.<\/p>\n

President Ruto also announced austerity measures targeting operational efficiency and transparency, including the dissolution of 47 state corporations and a 50pc reduction in government advisors.<\/p>\n

Ruto also announced the suspension of certain appointments and removal of budget lines for offices of the First Lady and spouses of senior officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese measures are part of our commitment to enhance efficiency and transparency in serving the people of Kenya,\u201d the President said, emphasizing the government\u2019s goal of maximizing value for public resources.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 \u2013 The Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang\u2019o has clarified earlier reports suggesting Second Lady Joyce Kithure\u2019s office spent Sh44.5 million in the first half of the 2025\/26 financial year. In a statement, the Office of the Controller of Budget (OCoB) said the expenditure had been incorrectly attributed to the \u201cOffice of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}