Makueni County has unveiled a Kshs 11.54 billion budget for the 2025/2026 financial year, with a strong focus on infrastructure, healthcare, youth empowerment, and agricultural value addition.
The resource envelope will be financed through Kshs 8.866 billion from the National Government, Kshs 1.5 billion from Own Source Revenue, and Kshs 958 million in conditional grants.
The budget comprises Kshs 7.61 billion for recurrent expenditure and Kshs 3.93 billion for capital development.
Detailed Departmental Allocations and Focus Areas
- Office of the Governor – Kshs 516,102,747
Will prioritize strengthening coordination among departments, enhancing citizen engagement, and ensuring accountability through strategic leadership and monitoring of flagship county programmes.
- County Secretary – Kshs 266,644,377
The office will focus on developing a robust human resource strategy, succession planning, talent development, and implementation of a performance-based rewards and sanctions system. Other priorities include conducting annual employee satisfaction surveys, promoting work-life balance, launching an employee wellness programme, and rolling out a new, more efficient county payroll system.
- County Attorney – Kshs 78,655,833 (Kshs 57.9M recurrent, Kshs 20.8M development)
Will spearhead the finalization of key county laws and regulations supporting devolution, digitization of legal services, and development of legal databases. It will also facilitate sensitization forums to support resolution of succession issues in all 21 wards, enhancing land ownership clarity and reducing disputes.
- County Public Service Board – Kshs 73,751,184
Focus areas include implementing a County Human Resource Information System (CHRIS), performance contracting, developing county-wide workforce plans, cascading finalized schemes of service, and streamlining recruitment and promotions to ensure transparency and meritocracy.
- Department of Finance and Socio-Economic Planning – Kshs 532,886,380 (Kshs 477.6M recurrent, Kshs 55.2M development)
Will focus on enhancing local revenue through new revenue streams like digital business permits and market levies. Other key initiatives include deepening participatory budgeting, strengthening fiscal discipline, establishing a mid-term expenditure framework, and rolling out an open contracting platform to boost transparency in procurement.
- Department of Health Services – Kshs 4,127,911,240 (Kshs 3.15B recurrent, Kshs 974.7M development)
With the lion’s share of the budget, this department will construct and upgrade health facilities, equip health centers with modern diagnostic tools, increase staffing levels, and train healthcare workers. It will also promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC), community health outreach, maternal and child health services, and the establishment of a County Pharmaceutical Supply Chain System.
- Department of Gender, Youth, Sports, and Social Services – Kshs 267,938,299 (Kshs 80.3M recurrent, Kshs 187.7M development)
Plans to empower youth and vulnerable groups through the construction of a Talent Development Center in Ivingoni Nzambani, development of 19 playgrounds to nurture sports talent, and support to grassroots tournaments including Ligi Mashinani, Supa Cup, and KYISA Games. Other areas include elderly care, assistive devices for persons with disabilities (PWDs), group-based funding for women and youth, and county-wide PWD mapping and registration.
- Department of Trade, Marketing, Industry, Culture and Tourism – Kshs 226,113,693 (Kshs 143.6M recurrent, Kshs 82.5M development)
Will support market infrastructure upgrades, SME growth through trade fairs and incubation hubs, promote local cultural heritage, and undertake aggressive destination branding to boost tourism. Investment promotion activities will target agro-processing zones and cottage industries.
- Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, Fisheries, and Cooperative Development – Kshs 613,755,682 (Kshs 269.2M recurrent, Kshs 344.5M development)
Major initiatives include support for climate-smart agriculture, expanded irrigation schemes, fisheries infrastructure, livestock improvement programs, and strengthening cooperative governance. Agribusiness and value chain development will be supported through farmer training, post-harvest handling interventions, and marketing linkages.
- Department of Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation – Kshs 563,841,990 (Kshs 115.9M recurrent, Kshs 448M development)
Will prioritize expanding rural and urban water pipelines, automate over 40 water kiosks, introduce smart metering, construct new boreholes and water pans, promote household water harvesting, and enforce the County Water Act through a strengthened MARUWAB framework.
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Public Works, Housing and Energy – Kshs 684,844,251 (Kshs 521.4M development, Kshs 163.4M recurrent)
Key projects include the grading of 950km of county roads, gravelling of 170km of major trunk roads, construction of 12 drifts across major rivers, maintenance of Tsavo electric fence, and extension of electricity to 700 rural households in partnership with REREC. Over 2,000 street and market lights will also be installed to improve security and trade.
- Department of Lands, Urban Planning, Environment, and Climate Change – Kshs 432,923,215 (Kshs 344.5M development, Kshs 88.4M recurrent)
Activities include surveying, mapping, and titling public land, operationalizing the Makueni Ardhi System and digitized Land Information Management System (LIMS), implementation of climate change mitigation measures, and expansion of clean urban infrastructure including street lighting, waste collection, and sanitation.
- Makueni County Sand Conservation and Utilization Authority – Kshs 93,048,596
Will oversee the construction of 5 new sand dams, conduct environmental education forums on sustainable sand harvesting, and implement tree planting programs across all wards to support ecosystem restoration.
- Department of Devolution, Public Participation, County Administration, and Special Programmes – Kshs 749,955,001 (Kshs 407.2M development, Kshs 342.8M recurrent)
Will focus on devolution strengthening through capacity-building for sub-county and ward administrators, enhancement of public participation platforms (barazas, digital feedback tools), disaster preparedness initiatives, and emergency response mechanisms.
- Department of ICT, Education, and Internship – Kshs 1,068,339,937 (Kshs 262.2M recurrent, Kshs 806.2M development)
Focus areas include equipping ECDE centres and Vocational Training Centres (VTCs), recruitment of ECDE caregivers, ICT system development to digitize services like permits and licensing, and the rollout of the County Internship Program to provide workplace experience for graduates.
- Makueni County Fruit Development and Marketing Authority – Kshs 89,063,609 (Kshs 52.1M development, Kshs 37M recurrent)
The authority will purchase 720MT of mangoes valued at Kshs 13.4 million for puree processing. The facility will expand to include ready-to-drink juice production and purified water, boosting incomes for mango farmers and promoting local value addition under the “From Farm to Market” initiative.
- Makueni County Assembly – Kshs 839,631,315
The allocation will support legislative functions, oversight, public outreach programs, and operationalization of the new Assembly complex.
Municipal Budgets
- Wote Municipality – Kshs 156,627,548 (Kshs 89.8M development, Kshs 66.8M recurrent)
Projects include Mukuyuni market canopy construction, Upendo market latrines, Kako market renovations, skip bin procurement, road works near the slaughterhouse, and modern Bodaboda shed at Wote Town. - Emali-Sultan Hamud Municipality – Kshs 101,072,730 (Kshs 58.5M development, Kshs 42.5M recurrent)
The municipality will rehabilitate Sultan Hamud’s wastewater treatment plant, upgrade Emali Recreation Park, prepare a spatial development plan, install floodlights and CCTV cameras, and construct new Bodaboda sheds and toilets in livestock markets.
