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President William Ruto assents to the Affordable Housing Bill at State House, Nairobi County.[PCS, Standard]
President William Ruto’s pet projects will gobble up the lion's share of the Sh4.8 trillion budget for the 2026/27 financial year, with a sizable chunk of the billions going towards affordable housing and urban development projects.
In what is Kenya Kwanza’s last fully implementable budget ahead of the 2027 general elections, the national government was allocated Sh2.89 trillion, comprising Sh2.81 trillion to the Executive, Sh50.8 billion to Parliament, while the Judiciary was allocated Sh30.4 billion.
According to the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) report on the 2026/27 budget estimates, which was tabled by chairperson Sam Atandi, the affordable housing pillar under the Bottom-Up Transformation Agenda (BETA) has been allocated Sh135.8 billion to go towards the housing and urban development sector.
