A petition has been filed seeking to suspend the ongoing budget-making process for the 2025/2026 financial year.
The lawsuit lodged by Operation Linda Jamii and led by Dr Fred Ogolla seeks to stop the process until the government clears all the pending bills amounting to over Sh698.27 million.
The petitioner is asking to court orders barring the National Assembly and the National Treasury from going on with the discussion and approval of the Budget Policy Statement.
The lobby group argues that it is unconstitutional and fiscally irresponsible for the government to proceed with new budget allocations while ignoring unpaid debts, which continue to strangle the private sector particularly the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
