Counties to receive Sh474 Billion in 2025-26 Budget

National Treasury CS John Mbadi (Centre), National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed and Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Samuel Atandi(right) on June 12, 2025 [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

National Treasury, Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has unveiled a Sh474.1 billion allocation to county governments for the 2025/26 financial year—an increase of Sh17.6 billion from the current financial year.

In his first budget speech since taking over at the Treasury, Mbadi said the total county allocation represents 25.79 percent of the nationally raised revenue from the 2020/21 financial year, based on the latest audited accounts.