House team seeks President Uhuru Kenyatta's help as military, spy agency block queries

Aberdare Region MPs led by Francis Waweru, Samuel Gichigi and John Kihage. Gichigi (Kipipiri) has said MPs had a duty to check the budgets, including the confidential elements. (PHOTO:BONIFACE OKENDO/ STANDARD)

A parliamentary committee yesterday complained publicly that the military and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) had refused to give details of their budgets.

The two departments have been allocated Sh124 billion in the next financial year – Sh98.7 billion for the Ministry of Defence and Sh25.3 billion for the spy agency.