How budget cuts will hit Kenyans where it hurts most

National Treasury CS John Mbadi at Parliament on June 12, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Health and Education sectors will deal with budgetary reductions as preferred national government offices such as the Office of the President have their allocations increased in what experts term as misplaced priorities.

Education has been allocated Sh700.9 billion in a Budget that has the national government's funding boosted to Sh2.54 trillion, with a provision of Sh150 million to procure and service a social media tracking system.