Government reveals Sh200 billion in unplanned expenditure

The government spent more than 200 billion shillings in unplanned expenditure in the first nine months of the financial year to March 2026. In a report by the controller of budget, much of the money went into repaying debt, while state house spent more than 4.4 billion shillings, including 2.5 billion shillings spent in a period of six weeks between January and February this year.