NAIROBI, June 27 – A Nairobi Member of County Assembly has accused the county executive of violating public finance laws after reallocating KSh1 billion from the health sector’s recurrent budget to the Dishi na County school feeding programme in the proposed 2026/2027 budget.
Woodley/Kenyatta Golf Course MCA Davidson Ngibuini said he had formally written to Governor Johnson Sakaja protesting what he described as “illegalities and irregularities” in the budget estimates submitted to the Nairobi City County Assembly.
Ngibuini, a member of the Assembly’s Health Services Committee, alleged that the County Executive disregarded unanimous recommendations made by the committee by reclassifying the funds as development expenditure instead of recurrent expenditure.
He argued that the school feeding programme is a recurrent expense and should not be financed under the county’s development budget.
“The KSh1 billion allocated to the school feeding programme will not pass unchecked as development expenditure. It must be reverted to recurrent expenditure where it legally belongs,” he said.
According to the MCA, the reallocation risks breaching the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, which requires counties to allocate at least 30 per cent of their annual budgets to development expenditure.
He maintained that classifying the school feeding allocation as development spending distorts the county’s budget structure and undermines legal compliance.
Ngibuini further accused the County Executive of undermining the Assembly’s oversight mandate by disregarding resolutions passed by its sectoral committee.
“Power does not mean one can break the law, bulldoze illegalities or ignore standing committees established to safeguard the interests and aspirations of Nairobi residents,” he said.
The legislator revealed that he had forwarded his complaints to the Controller of Budget and the Commission on Administrative Justice (Office of the Ombudsman) ahead of a special sitting of the County Assembly expected to debate the 2026/2027 budget estimates once convened by the Speaker.
He vowed to oppose the budget unless the disputed allocation is reversed, insisting there would be “no compromise” on adherence to the law and prudent management of public resources.
The Nairobi County Executive had not responded to the allegations by the time of publication.