Nairobi City County has unveiled a Ksh46.98 billion budget for the 2026/2027 financial year, setting out its spending priorities for the period, with the bulk of the funds allocated to recurrent expenditure.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

According to the County’s Citizen Budget Estimates released on May 11, Ksh32.89 billion has been allocated to recurrent expenditure, which includes salaries, operations, maintenance and service delivery.

This represents about 70 per cent of the total budget, while the remaining Ksh14.09 billion has been set aside for development projects and investments across various sectors.

Health will receive the largest allocation among all departments, with Ksh13.7 billion directed towards healthcare services, medicine supply, emergency and referral systems, hospital infrastructure, nutrition programmes and digitisation.

📌 What You Need to Know

The sectoral breakdown shows Boroughs and Public Administration as the next top-funded departments, receiving Ksh5.46 billion to prioritise coordination of county administration, disaster management and emergency response, as well as service delivery at sub-county and ward levels.

Environment, Water, Energy and Natural Resources have been allocated Ksh5.04 billion to address water supply challenges across the city, alongside waste management, sanitation and environmental sustainability programmes.

The County has outlined plans to drill 10 boreholes annually, install 285 water storage tanks, construct 10 ablution blocks, expand sewer coverage from 52 per cent to 65 per cent, and increase water supply to approximately 665,000 cubic metres per day.

Mobility and Works will receive Ksh4.03 billion towards road construction and rehabilitation, storm water drainage improvement, traffic management and street lighting.

Additionally, the County Assembly has been allocated Ksh2.8 billion to support its legislative and oversight functions, while Ward Development Programmes will receive Ksh2.15 billion to fund the completion of ongoing projects, community-level initiatives and infrastructure improvements.

Nairobi County is targeting approximately Ksh24.12 billion in own-source revenue through business permits, parking fees, land rates, market fees, building approvals and other county charges. The rest of the funds, amounting to Ksh22.86 billion, are expected from the equitable share from the national government, together with unconditional and conditional grants from development partners.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke