Health and education remain key pillars in the 2025/26 budget proposal tabled by Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, with each receiving some of the largest individual allocations in the country's fiscal plan.
Presenting the budget to Parliament on Thursday, June 12, Mbadi said the education sector will receive Sh702.7 billion, the largest allocation across all ministries and agencies. He said this includes Sh387.2 billion for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Sh28.9 billion for Junior Secondary School capitation, Sh7.2 billion for hiring intern teachers, and Sh980 million for training teachers on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Free Day Secondary Education has been allocated Sh51.9 billion, Free Primary Education Sh7 billion, and national exams Sh5.9 billion.
The school feeding programme has been given Sh3 billion, while vocational training and entrepreneurship projects will receive Sh4 billion.
