President William Ruto has assented to the Supplementary Appropriations Bill, 2025 recently passed by the National Assembly.
The Bill sponsored by Uasin Gishu woman representative Gladys Boss who is also the chairperson of Liaison Committee was considered and passed by the National Assembly on March 14, with amendments.
The Supplementary Estimates II for the financial year 2024/25 were partly necessitated by expenditures incurred under Article 223 of the Constitution and reallocated funds to address critical financing gaps.
These include shortfalls in personnel emoluments, adjustments to Appropriation-in-Aid (A-I-A) receipts, and realignment of budgetary provisions based on projected absorption levels.
In the education sector, for instance, the Bill allocates Sh18 billion to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to cover insurance shortfalls, teacher promotions, and personnel emoluments.
University education has received Sh16 billion, which includes Sh4.2 billion for the implementation of the Universities Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and Sh6.48 billion to revise universities’ Appropriation-in-Aid.
Additionally, Sh6.5 billion has been allocated to the World Bank-supported Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning Program, Sh8 billion to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, and Sh600 million for the school feeding programme.
To strengthen the health sector and promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the Bill provides Sh1.5 billion for the recapitalisation of KEMSA, Sh3 billion each for the Primary Healthcare Fund and the Emergency, Chronic, and Critical Illness Fund, and Sh1.5 billion for stipends to healthcare interns.
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital will receive Sh1 billion to address personnel emolument shortfalls, while Sh600 million has been allocated to operationalise Primary Health Care Networks.
Kenyatta National Hospital and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital have been allocated Sh1.7 billion and Sh1.4 billion, respectively, under Appropriation-in-Aid.
To enhance security operations, the Bill has allocated Sh7.5 billion to the National Police Service, with Sh5 billion specifically set aside to cover shortfalls in police insurance.
In infrastructure, agriculture, and economic development, the Bill provides Sh5 billion for drought-related interventions and Sh16 billion for road development.
The tourism sector will receive Sh4.6 billion following an upward revision in Appropriation-in-Aid, while Sh8 billion has been allocated to address shortfalls in personnel emoluments at the Kenya Revenue Authority.
The Judiciary will receive Sh470 million, and Sh6.6 billion has been set aside for a fertilizer subsidy.
Further allocations include Sh700 million for powdered milk processing to support dairy farmers, Sh1.2 billion for County Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks, and Sh3.7 billion for the Equalisation Fund.
Some Sh370 million has been earmarked for land settlement programs, Sh164 million for the Pesticide Control Produce Board to enhance food security, and Sh90 million for Agricultural Technology Innovation Centres.
Additionally, Sh750 million will go towards seed and seedling distribution, Sh1 billion for the Thwake Dam project, Sh200 million for constructing Technical Training Institutes (TTIs), and Sh600 million for electrifying public facilities.
The Supplementary Estimates II have also seen a reduction in some non-priority areas, particularly on account of partner-funded projects.
