Parliament has approved additional funding for the 2025/2026 financial year, unlocking payments for teachers involved in the administration and assessment of the 2025 national examinations.

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The approval came after lawmakers adopted the report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, clearing an overall budget increase of about Ksh18 billion.

Presenting the motion in the National Assembly on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Budget Committee Chairperson Samuel Atandi said the committee had limited time to scrutinise the supplementary estimates.

“I would like to move that this House adopt a report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on its consideration of the second supplementary estimates for the financial year 2025/2026,” Atandi told MPs.

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He added that the proposal involved both recurrent and development spending adjustments across several government departments.

Atandi noted that the supplementary budget estimates were submitted two weeks before the end of the current financial year, leaving Parliament with minimal time for detailed analysis.

“Honourable Speaker, the supplementary estimates were submitted just two weeks before the close of the current financial year, and the committee had very little time to go through the estimates,” he said.

One of the key allocations approved is Ksh1.5 billion for the State Department for Basic Education to cater for arrears owed to officers involved in national examinations.

Atandi confirmed that the funds will address long-standing concerns raised by education stakeholders regarding delayed payments.

“Mr Speaker, when we passed the main estimates, there was an uproar that we had not factored in the funds that were meant for those who helped us invigilate the previous exams,” he said.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke