Fourteen State departments and agencies failed to receive any money for development projects in the 11 months leading to May 2025, despite a combined allocation of Sh9.38 billion in the national budget.

This lapse has raised questions over Treasury’s handling of public funds and the government's commitment to development across key sectors.

A report by the National Treasury detailing funds disbursed to ministries, departments, and counties between July 2024 and May 2025 shows that no development money was released to critical offices, including those of the president, deputy president, and State House.

The Treasury released Sh264.8 billion to fund development across the national government during this period, out of a total budget of Sh354.9 billion.

However, the 14 entities received nothing, even though they had approved plans to implement various development projects.

Offices affected by the funding freeze include the National Police Service (NPS), the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Public Service Commission (PSC), the National Land Commission (NLC), and the National Gender and Equality Commission.

Also affected were the State Departments for East African Community (EAC), Petroleum, Mining, Sports, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, and Foreign Affairs.

While some of the agencies lost their entire development budget during supplementary revisions, others, including the president’s office, State House, and NPS, had their funding retained in revised budgets but still did not receive any disbursements.

Initially, President William Ruto’s office had a development budget of Sh1.2 billion, which was later cut to Sh50 million.

State House saw its allocation reduced from Sh1.56 billion to Sh400 million, while the NPS budget dropped from Sh1.78 billion to Sh85 million. Despite the downward revisions, the Treasury did not release a single shilling to these offices within the 11-month period.

The combined development allocation for the three offices stood at Sh4.5 billion in the original budget, but this was reduced to Sh535 million in the supplementary budgets. Still, no funds were released.

Meanwhile, other departments lost their entire development budgets in the revisions.

These include Sh320.4 million initially allocated to the office of the deputy president, Sh2.39 billion to the State Department for Foreign Affairs, and Sh651.9 million to the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications.

Altogether, the affected 14 departments and agencies had a development budget of Sh9.38 billion in June 2024. With no spending done by May 2025, the failure points to either a lack of Treasury disbursement or internal delays that stalled project implementation.