Treasury Cabinet Secretary Stories

Top state offices allocated Sh5 billion more for salaries, entertainment amid budget cuts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

The supplementary budget, tabled in the National Assembly, increases Kenya's total budget for the financial year ending June to Sh3.56 trillion from S...

Treasury mulls using existing tax rates for 2025-2026 budget after deadly protests in 2024
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 15, 2025

With revenue collection falling short of expectations, Treasury's decision to review its budget projections for the 2025-2026 fiscal year reflects the...

Treasury cuts tax revenue target by Sh93 billion amid economic slowdown
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 05, 2025

Despite these changes, no expenditure cuts have been announced for the current fiscal year, raising concerns that the budget deficit could increase by...

KRA tax system outage: Insider job suspected after rare revenue decline
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 04, 2025

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi on Monday acknowledged the significant impact of the outage on the country's revenue collections.

Treasury extends mandate of taskforce scrutinising pending bills by six months
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 02, 2025

The extension follows revelations that the taskforce, chaired by former Auditor General Edward Ouko, has cleared pending bills amounting to Sh206 bill...

Treasury CS Mbadi proposes new budgeting system to clear Sh600bn pending bills
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 10, 2025

The CS said that the total pending bills, currently estimated at Sh663 billion, could potentially decrease to around Sh450 billion after a full verifi...

Treasury cracks down on parastatals hiding surplus funds
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 23, 2024

CS Mbadi has issued a stern warning to parastatals, revealing that some regulatory authorities have been circumventing rules by using surpluses in the...

National Treasury asks Kenyans to give input on 2025/26 budget proposals
Charles Adinda  |  Dec 17, 2024

The invitation is in line with Articles 201, 221, and 232 of the Constitution, which require public participation in financial matters.

Mbadi says state to review taxes on salaries to ease burden on workers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 04, 2024

The CS said that taxes currently take up 8 per cent of employees' salaries, a burden that many find excessive.

Kenyan taxpayer's burden: Sh4.3 billion spent on state vehicles in 2023
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 26, 2024

Budget allocation for vehicle purchases surged from Sh8.6 billion in 2021 to Sh9.7 billion in 2022, ultimately reaching Sh14.3 billion in 2023.

MPs summon Treasury, Transport CSs over audit queries linked to roads agencies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 24, 2024

Audits revealed troubling findings, such as numerous incomplete projects, significant pending bills, and delays attributed to contractors.

Kenya's economic progress highlighted at IMF meeting in Washington
Amina Wako  |  Oct 22, 2024

The discussions at the IMF meeting underscore Kenya’s commitment to economic reform and resilience in the face of ongoing challenges.

Mbadi to governors: State can only afford Sh380 billion for counties
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 04, 2024

Mbadi insisted that the current administration under President William Ruto cannot meet the Sh400 billion demand from the 47 governors.

Uproar as Treasury CS Mbadi fails to appear before Senate
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 18, 2024

Some of the questions Mbadi was to respond to include failure of the e-Citizen digital platform to process payments made to some Government institutio...

State to slash VAT, corporate taxes in bid to ease economic strain
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 09, 2024

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi said he will reduce VAT from the current 16 per cent to 14 per cent and corporate taxes from 30 per cen...

Kenya secures Sh40 billion loan from China for rural roads projects
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 06, 2024

Mbadi on Friday signed the credit facility agreement in Beijing, China with Tan Jiong, President of the China Development Bank.

Mbadi urges stronger sanctions for money launderers to combat terrorism financing
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 31, 2024

According to a statement from the Treasury, the regional gathering honoured the 25th anniversary of efforts to combat money laundering and terrorism f...

Banks given 3 years to comply with Sh10bn capital threshold
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 24, 2024

The goal is to strengthen the banking sector's resilience and increasebanks' capacity to finance large-scale projects, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njug...

Tourism, sports, culture budget doubles to Sh23.7bn for 2024/25 Fiscal Year
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jun 13, 2024

Ndung’u said the government plans to also focus on strengthening the infrastructure for arts and culture and supporting cultural production and the cr...

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