The National Treasury has assigned KSh 136.95 billion to the county governments of Kenya as their equitable share of revenue for the fiscal year 2025/26, which means that the national government’s aid has been widely distributed to all 47 counties.
According to the treasury, in the first five months of the fiscal year, the counties had received about one-third of the entire approved annual allocation as per the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, which allows for total equitable sharing of KSh 415 billion with local governments.
The equitable share, which is the main source of funding for counties, is a redistribution of national revenue, and its aim is to support devolved services like health, agriculture, water, and infrastructure, etc.
The criteria used for redistribution of revenue, which takes the population of a county, poverty levels, area size, and a flat basic share into account, guarantees that each county gets different amounts according to its needs and characteristics. The allocation for 2025/26 backs this up, as larger and more populated counties are getting the bulk of the funds as compared to the smaller ones.
Nairobi, Nakuru, Turkana, Kakamega and Kiambu are the counties that have been granted large portions of the allocation already and these are the counties that are consistently given more due to their high population and development duties.
In contrast, smaller and less populated counties got less proportionally, but they still managed to get billions under the equitable share regime.The officials said that the released funds are intended for the general day-to-day running of the counties and also for improving service delivery, especially during the busy
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