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Thrown out, then sneaked back: How Mbadi has hiked the budget

Treasury CS John Mbadi during the 2025 Budget reading on June 12, 2025 at Parliament [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Bit by bit, the government has stealthily padded up its budget, erasing the deductions it effected following the rejection of the Financial Bill 2024, and even surpassing the original Sh3.59 trillion budget for the 2024-25 year.

The Finance Bill was passed by parliament on June 25 last year as the country was burning amid protests mounted by Gen Z, which were violently dispersed by security agents leading to the death of 19 people. 

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