Cabinet approves 25pc rise in spending for year 2015/16

The Government plans to raise spending by 25 per cent to Sh2.17 trillion in the financial year starting July, with the bulk of the increase going to energy, infrastructure and telecommunications, according to a proposal approved by the Cabinet.

Under the new budget, there is an overall increase of 24.9 per cent in funding to all sectors compared to the budget for financial year 2014/15, with Energy, Infrastructure and ICT sectors overtaking Education sector and accounting for 27.3 per cent of total sectoral funding in 2015/16 compared with 21.7 per cent in 2014.