Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi will today deliver a speech on this year’s budget, which the government has argued is modest in new taxes in an attempt to pre-empt public anger with the looming anniversary of Finance Bill 2024 protests later this month.
Allocations for mega infrastructure projects like roads and the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) are part of Sh4.8 trillion budget for the last full financial year under President William Ruto before the 2027 General Election.