The Office of the Controller of Budget, headed by Margaret Nyakang’o, has revealed that President William Ruto’s office spent KSh 2.2 million per day on printing.
In her latest report, Nyakang’o stated that this daily expenditure was drawn from a printing budget of KSh 817 million for the 2024/2025 financial year. The report, published in August 2025, covers the period from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025.
According to the Executive Office of the President, the high cost was attributed to the printing of official government documents such as policy papers, executive orders, directives, proclamations sent to ministries and agencies, performance contracts, regular press briefings, crisis communication, and regional media forums.
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The budget also rose due to the large number of guests invited to State House functions, which require high-quality paper for invitation cards.
Beyond the KSh 2.2 million spent daily on printing services, amounting to more than Ksh 800 million annually, Nyakang’o highlighted other key expenditures in her report.
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These included advisory services that cost the Executive Office of the President KSh 1 billion, broken down as follows:
- KSh 450 million for counter-terrorism advisors.
- KSh 150 million for policy advisors.
- KSh 97 million for economic and social advisors.
- KSh 62 million for advisory services on Kenyan and South Sudanese affairs.
The report further stated: “Ksh 62 million was paid for the Kenya–South Sudan advisory services, Ksh 46 million for the Power of Mercy advisory, and Ksh 450 million for counter-terrorism advisory services. The office also spent Ksh 97 million on economic and social affairs, Ksh 150 million on strategic policy advisory services, and KSh 251 million on oversight of public entities.”
Ksh 399 M Flagged Spent on Refurbishing State House
The Controller of Budget also flagged Ksh 399 million spent on refurbishing State House, Nairobi. The works were reported to be 66% complete, with a projected total cost of Ksh 1.17 billion since construction began. Nyakang’o warned that the refurbishment costs were set to surpass the original construction cost, raising concerns about fiscal prudence and possible overspending.
Additionally, Nyakang’o disclosed that between May 14 and June 24, 2025, a span of just 42 days, President Ruto’s office withdrew KSh 3.6 billion for meetings and local travel, charged to emergency funds under Article 223 of the Constitution.
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She criticized this reliance on emergency funding for routine programs, arguing that it violated budget formulation rules and exposed weaknesses in the budgeting process.
Among the flagged expenditures were Ksh 738 million withdrawn in three installments between June 17 and June 24, 2025, and an unauthorized withdrawal of Ksh 1.25 billion on May 15, 2025, by the Treasury without her approval.
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