JUST IN: Kenya’s 2025 Budget Triples IEBC Funding Ahead of 2027 Polls 

  The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has received a major financial boost, with an additional Ksh5.78 billion allocated for the 2025/2026 financial year to support preparations for the 2027 general elections. This budgetary increase, unveiled in the government’s new spending plan set to begin on July 1, 2025, will raise the IEBC’s total recurrent expenditure to Ksh9.63 billion—up from Ksh3.85 billion in the current fiscal year. The Treasury has directed the increased funding toward several critical areas. These include voter registration, electoral operations, voter education, and the long-overdue delimitation of electoral boundaries. In the new budget, Ksh3.35 billion will support general administration and support services, while another Ksh3.3 billion
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