A few days after the Kenyan National Assembly passed Finance Bill 2025, the Appropriations Bill 2025, and the Supplementary Appropriations Bill, President William Ruto has officially signed all of them into law. The signing being a crucial step in Kenya’s 2025/26 financial year
The Finance Act 2025 is aimed at raising Kenya’s domestic revenue through introduction of policy amendments and introducing/adjusting new tax laws which will boost domestic revenue.
The Appropriations Act gives legal effect on how the revenue collected by the government in the upcoming financial year 2025/2026 will be allocated to ministries, departments, and other agencies as set in the recently approved budget.
The Supplementary Appropriations Act will allow the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund in order to cover other unexpected spending that initially had not been planned for in the initial budget estimates of 2025/2026 financial year.
These legislative milestones come just a day after protests rocked most parts of Kenya in which the protestors termed as a commemoration of 2024 anti-finance bill victims of police brutality. Nonetheless, the government insists the laws are necessary to ensure economic stability and development across different sectors.
