Ps Meeting With The Departmental Committee On Finance And National Planning To Consider The 2026 Budget Policy Statement

The Principal Secretary for the State  Department for Economic Planning (SDEP), Dr Bonface Makokha today 19th February, 2026 appeared before the Parliamentary Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning at Bunge Towers.

The purpose of the meeting was to give the State Department a chance to present a detailed Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for the fiscal year 2026 highlighting it’s programmes, activities and commitments derived from its mandate which is anchored on the executive order No.1 of 2023.

During the meeting, Dr.Makokha outlined at length budget projection, with key focus on expenditure ceilings, indicative Performance Targets linked to policies and programmes, 2026, budgetary allocation for 2026/27 F.Y. and Medium-Term Plan. In addition, the PS also listed proposed projects and Respective Expenditure Allocations.

He also included all programmes and projects and activities that were not accommodated within the proposed ceilings, emerging issues, challenges and recommendations.

The PS  strongly put an appeal as to why the SDEP should be well-funded stating that “It  acts as the central mechanism for directing a country’s resources towards  planning  for sustainable growth for the fiscal year, rather than allowing the economy to simply react to external forces and that adequate funding ensures strategic and long-term goals such as infrastructure development, job creation, health care and poverty reduction are implemented”

Present during the meeting were the Chair of the Parliamentary Finance and National Planning Committee , Member of Parliament for Molo Constituency, Hon.Kuria Kamani, the Economic Planning Director General (DG), Dr.Masini Ichwara, the Kenya National Bureau for Statistics DG, Dr.Maccdonald Obudho, the KIPPRA Executive Director, Dr. Eldah Onsomu, the NEPAD/APRM Secretariat CEO, Amb.Samori Okwiya among other senior  SDEP officials.