Budget fallacy: How supplementary budgets water down main plan, alter projects

Treasury CS John Mbadi before reading the 2026-27 Budget at Parliament buildings, Nairobi, on June 11, 2026. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Over the current financial year, the budget for State House was initially set at Sh8.58 billion. This, however, ballooned to Sh17 billion in the supplementary budget that was tabled and approved by Parliament in April.