President William Ruto’s Executive Office spent KSh 817 million on printing alone in the 2024–2025 financial year, the Controller of Budget has revealed. That works out to roughly KSh 2.2 million each day, more than many counties allocate to essential medicines.
The eye-watering figure is part of KSh 4.6 billion that Harambee House absorbed during the same period that Kenyans took to the streets against the Finance Bill 2024, demanding austerity.
Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o delivered the verdict in the National Government Budget Implementation Review Report released this week.
What KSh 2.2 million a day bought Print jobs ranged from executive orders and performance contracts to “periodic government communication during times of crisis,” the report states.
Even glossy invitation cards for guests invited to State House were bundled under the printing vote. Paper quality, multiple colours and rush jobs pushed the bill higher, officials told the auditor. Advisory bill piles up Separately, the office paid KSh 1 billion to 20 presidential advisors.
The breakdown shows:
– KSh 450 million for counter-terrorism advice
– KSh 251 million for public-entity oversight
– KSh 150 million for strategic policy
– KSh 97 million for economic and social affairs
– KSh 62 million for Kenya–South Sudan advisory
– KSh 46 million for Power of Mercy advisory
Other headline costs General administration, planning and support services gulped KSh 1.9 billion.
Leadership and coordination took another KSh 765 million.
The report did not quantify how much went into the ongoing refurbishment of State House Nairobi, but it noted that KSh 399 million was spent in the year under review and that the project is only 66 % complete.
Since construction began, the total bill for the “House on the Hill” has already exceeded KSh 1.17 billion.
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