National Budget Archive | Kenya | International Budget Partnership

This page contains archived material by IBP Kenya related to Kenya’s national budget.

Research and Analysis

2015

Parliament and National Treasury: How are They Playing Their Roles in Kenya’s New Budget Process? (Budget Brief, October 2015)
The Right Priorities? What Kenya’s National Government Spends Money On (May 2015)
Summary of the Health Sector Analysis (May 2015)
Understanding and Improving Budget Estimates 2015/16 (May 2015)
Devolution in Kenya: Is the National Government Still Holding Funds that Should be Devolved? (Budget Brief, April 2015)
Have State Corporations Changed Under Devolution? (Budget Brief, March 2015)

2014

Sharing Revenue: How Much of Kenya’s Budget is Already Committed and Cannot be Shared? (Budget Brief, May 2014)
What We Can’t Know from Reading Kenya’s 2013/14 Budget: A Sector View (Budget Brief No. 24, April 2014)
Understanding Program-Based Budgeting: Toward Improved Budget Transparency in Kenya (Budget Brief, April 2014)
The Right Priorities Revisited: Understanding What the Kenyan Government Actually Spends Money On (March 2014)
The Right Priorities? Understanding What the Kenyan Government Spends Money On (March 2014)

2013

Where’s Our Money? Budget Transparency in East Africa (Budget Brief, April 2013)

2012

2011

Bringing Kenya’s Budget Law into the Light (Budget Brief, April 2011)

Resources & Tools

2015

Kenya’s Budget Calendar: National and County (Budget Map, December 2015)
Improving Program-Based Budgeting in Kenya (Training Guide, June 2015)
The Budget Process in Kenya: National and County Level (Infographic, updated June 2015)
Second Memorandum to National Treasury Suggested Improvements to 2015/16 Program-Based Budget (Submission, June 2015)
Memorandum to the Parliamentary Health Committee of the National Assembly (Submission, May 2015)
Memorandum to the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the National Assembly (Submission, May 2015)
First Memorandum to Treasury on Program-Based Budget (Submission, April 2015)
Memorandum to the Parliamentary Health Committee of the National Assembly (Submission, May 2015)
The Right Priorities? What Kenya’s National Government Spends Money On (Presentation, May 2015)
Program-Based Budgeting in Kenya: Past Challenges and Way Forward for 2015/16 (Presentation, May 2015)
Understanding Revenue Sharing in Kenya’s Budget (Infographic, March 2015)

2014

Mwita’s Dilemma (Video, August 2014)

2014

Issues and Recommendations Related to the Second Formula for Revenue Sharing Among Counties in Kenya (See also Annex 1 which includes all data and tables discussed in the memo and Annex 2 which contains a final simulation of our proposed formula.Submission, June 2014)
IBP Comments on the 2014/15 Budget (Submission, May 2014)

2013

50 Things Every County Government Official Needs to Know About Public Finance Under the Constitution (Guide, August 2013)
The Kenyan Public Finance Management Act 2012 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) For Citizens (Guide, March 2013)
Comments on Kenya’s PFM Act 2012 Regulations (Submission, November 2013)

Joint and Partner Work

2014 – 2013

What the Public and Parliament Need to Know from Reading the 2014/2015 Budget (Statement, April 2014)
Engaging with the Budget: Improving the Readability and Usability of the Kenyan Executive Budget (July 2013)
Where’s Our Money? Budget Transparency in East Africa (Budget Brief, April 2013)

2012 – 2001

Public Participation Under Kenya’s New Public Financial Management Law and Beyond (Budget Brief, August 2012)
Linking the Budget to Policy Implementation: the Case of the Lands Sector (June 2012)
Budget Transparency: Kenyan Perspective (October 2003)
Civil Society Budget Groups and their Participation in the PRSP Process (September 2002)
Public Spending on Health Care in Africa: Do the Poor Benefit? (January 2001)

Media Statements & Press Coverage

2015

Understanding, Using, and Improving Budget Estimates 2015/16 (Media statement, 13 May 2015)
Understanding Budget Priorities for 2013/14 – 2015/16 (Media statement, 13 May 2015)
Counties’ Share of National Revenue Will Shrink Slightly This Year“ (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 27 February 2015)
“Does It Matter If Money for Free Maternity Care Is Given on the Basis of Population?” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 7 February 2015)

2014

Better public debate on figures needed” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 14 June 2014)
“Kenya wants more money to finance infrastructure, but can it actually spend it?” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 14 June 2014)
Stricter Fiscal Management Needed in Kenya’s Budget (CNBC Africa interview with Jason Lakin, 12 June 2014)
Over half of 2013/14 Budget Allocation on development may not have been spent (NTV Kenya interview with Jason Lakin, May 2014)
“Treasury Increases Budget Transparency (Just Don’t Ask About Maternal Deaths)” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 17 May 2014)
“The More Kenya Strives for Transparency, the More Opaque Its Budgeting Becomes” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 19 April 2014)
“The More Kenya Strives for Transparency, the More Opaque Its Budgeting Becomes” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 19 April 2014)
“Division of revenue debate is about Kenya’s national priorities” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 8 February 2014)
“Controller Of Budget Report: The Glass Is Actually Half Full” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 17 January 2014)
“Suffer the little children: Why equality of outcomes matters as much as opportunity” ( (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 11 January 2014)
Getting Budgets Right This Time” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 10 January 2014)

2013

“National debate on division of revenue or semi-coherent ramblings?” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 14 December 2013)
“New rules to support Public Finance Act welcome, but still no public input” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 16 November 2013)
“No roads, no water: No rocket science needed to define marginalisation” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 9 March 2013)
“Don’t just give us results, show us that they were arrived at transparently” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 23 March 2013)

2012

“Constitution: Single deadlines allowing old guard to subvert the transition” (Op-ed by Jason Lakin, 25 February 2012)