Nairobi, May 11 -- The Treasury has set aside Sh4.6 billion for vaccines in a bid to prevent a funding crunch that previously triggered shortages of child immunisation supplies, as donors continue to cut funding.

Budget documents tabled in Parliament show the allocation for the financial year starting July 2026 represents a 130 percent increase from the Sh2.0 billion earmarked for the vaccine programme in the current financial year ending June.

The increased funding follows repeated stockouts that have left millions of children vulnerable to diseases like measles, polio, and whooping cough, which can resurge quickly when coverage falls below protective thresholds.

In June last year, stocks of BCG and polio vaccines dropped to just a tw...