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2026 budget aims high but struggles to maintain proper fiscal discipline

Budget reading in Kenya.[FILE]

In making 2026 “a defining year in Kenya’s history”, to quote the President’s New Year address, we begin with the 2026/27 budget process now in full flow. Just before Christmas, the National Treasury released the draft 2026 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) as the latest step in this process.

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