Parties' registrar to get more funding ahead of 2027 polls

President William Ruto assents to the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 8 2025) at State House, Nairobi. This bill avails additional resources to facilitate ongoing reforms in the education sector, with KSh18 billion allocated to the Teachers Service Commission for insurance shortfalls, teacher promotion and personal emolument shortfalls. [PCS]

As the country hurtles towards 2027 General Election, the office of the Registrar of Political Parties has received a Sh213.2 million boost in the new budget.

According to the budget estimates tabled before the National Assembly last week, the Anne Nderitu-led office will get Sh1.93 billion in recurrent expenditure, representing a Sh213.2 million increase from the current year's allocation of Sh1.72 billion.