A massive Sh276.76 billion emergency expenditure under Article 223 has funded everything from State House operations and multi-agency security sweeps to major infrastructure projects and a Sh200 million court award for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) during the 2025–26 financial year. Details of the extensive spending appear in an annex to the Controller of Budget’s (CoB) National Government Budget Implementation Review Report for the year ended June 2026. The report documents Sh209.99 billion in recurrent expenditure and Sh66.77 billion in development expenditure approved by the National Treasury. Out of these requests, Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o authorized actual withdrawals of Sh187.90 billion for recurrent needs and Sh21.47 billion for development projects. These figures offer a rare look at how aggressively government agencies relied on Article 223 to bypass traditional budget approval timelines for operational expenses, debt obligations, infrastructure, and national events. The Sh200 Million ODM Political Funding Settlement Among the most politically charged approvals, the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties requested Sh200 million for the Orange Democratic Movement. The CoB schedule notes that the funds aimed “to cater for a request by the ODM party in relation to the Petition for Outstanding Court Award for Political Parties Fund.” The Nationa...
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