The Office of the Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has surpassed the domestic travel expenditure of the State House by millions.
For the 2025/ 2026 financial year, the total travel expenditure was recorded at KSh 17.38 billion, with domestic travel amounting to KSh 10.88 billion and foreign travel at KSh 6.51 billion.
“Travel expenditure, Kshs.17.38 billion, comprising domestic travel at Kshs.10.88 billion and foreign travel at Kshs.6.51 billion,” the National Government Budget Implementation Review Report for the financial year 2025/2026 indicated.
Kindiki and Ruto Travel Domestic Travel Expenditure Comparison
National Government Budget Implementation Review Report for the financial year 2025/2026 revealed that the Deputy President spent KSh 222.60 million on domestic travel.
In contrast, the Executive Office of the President’s travel expenditure indicates that President William Ruto has spent KSh 206.32 million on local travel.
President Ruto’s office utilized KSh 137.32 million, while State House domestic travel was at KSh 69.00 million of the total KSh 206.32 million.
Comparison of the travel expenditure between July 2025 and March 2026 reveals that Deputy President Kindiki has spent KSh16.3 million more than President Ruto.
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2025/ 2026 Travel Expenditure
Despite the Office of the Deputy President spending more than the Executive Office of the President on domestic travel, President Ruto’s foreign travel has exceeded that of the Deputy President.
According to the report, President William Ruto spent KSh 1,291.12 million on foreign tours between July 2025 and March 2026.
During the same period, the Office of the Deputy President spent KSh 76.73 million on foreign travel.
Overall travel expenditure from the Office of the Deputy President was KSh 299.33 million, while the Executive Office of the President had KSh 1,497.44 million.
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Ruto and Kindiki Expenditure Comparison
Executive Office of the President, for the period between July 2025 and March 2026, spent a total of KSh 4.93 billion against the gross budget of KSh 5.57 billion, according to the report.
In the KSh 4.93 billion, KSh 3.80 billion was for the recurrent expenditure and KSh 1.13 billion for development.
Further, the Office of the Deputy President spent a total of KSh 4.93 billion against the KSh 5.57 billion.
Additionally, State House spent a total of KSh. 11.68 billion against a gross budget of KSh. 8.58 billion.
At State House, KSh 888.45 million of the total spending was used for development, and KSh 10.79 billion was recurrent expenditure.
The Office of the Deputy President recorded a 14 percent over-expenditure due to an additional KSh 507.84 million used for operating expenses.
In addition, the office recorded KSh. 1.08 billion under confidential expenses, while State House had a 36 percent over-expenditure.
The Executive Office of the President recorded the highest development budget at 109% due to additional funding used in the partial settlement of pending bills for the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).
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