The Senate has passed the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, 2025, paving the way for an additional allocation of Sh50.5 billion to county governments.
The Bill allows for the transfer of conditional and unconditional allocations from the national government’s share of revenue, as well as additional funding from loans and grants provided by development partners, for the 2024/2025 financial year.
During a special sitting on Thursday, March 27, Senator Boni Khalwale (Kakamega), while seconding the Bill on behalf of Finance Committee Chairperson Senator Ali Roba, described it as a transformative move that will boost service delivery across the country.
“This Bill allocates Sh7.54 billion to counties from the national government’s share of revenue. Out of this, Sh532 million will supplement the construction of county headquarters in Nyandarua, Tana River, Tharaka Nithi, Isiolo, and Lamu counties,” Khalwale said.
He emphasized that the additional funds will strengthen devolution by enabling counties to settle salary arrears for medical workers, provide stipends to community health promoters, and support the completion of county aggregation and industrial parks.
Under the Bill, Sh3.2 billion has been allocated to the Community Health Promoters (CHPs) programme across all 47 counties.
Additionally, Sh2 billion has been set aside for the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) programme in 19 counties, while Sh1.759 billion will go toward clearing basic salary arrears for county government health workers.
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