Nairobi, July 28 -- State House, the Ministry of Defence and the National Treasury were among the biggest drivers of the Sh203 billion recurrent budget burst in the financial year ended June 2026, with Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi now pushing for a law to better align expenditure with project plans.

Treasury figures show expenditure on day-to-day operations such as salaries, utility bills and routine maintenance reached Sh1.673 trillion in financial year 2025/26 against an original estimate of Sh1.470 trillion.

This marked the widest divergence in at least five years, underlining the growing role of mid-year budget revisions in government spending.

The gap between original budgets and actual recurrent expenditure more than dou...