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Ruto to splash Sh1.55b on State Houses, lodges renovations

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Kenya's State House in Nairobi on October 25, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

President William Ruto plans to spend Sh1.558 billion on the renovation of State Houses and State lodges in the next financial amid dire economic hardships.

When the State House Budget proposal was presented lawmakers criticised the planned recurrent expenditure of Sh7.93 billion in the 2024/2025 financial year.

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