Government sets aside Sh58.7bn for development of constituencies

MOSES WEKESA-KNA

The National Government has set aside Sh58.7 billion for the development of constituencies through the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) in the 2025/2026 financial year.

This allocation represents an increase from the Sh54.7 billion disbursed during the 2024/2025 financial year. Of the total allocation, the government has so far released Sh32.3 billion to the NG-CDF Board for onward disbursement to constituencies across the country.

Speaking in Nambale during the commissioning of the Sierra Girls Senior School multi-storey tuition and administration block, Principal Secretary for the State Department for Economic Planning, Boniface Makokha, said the fund was being prudently utilized to transform communities. 

Makokha noted that scrapping the fund would deny constituents development currently being witnessed, particularly in the improvement of school infrastructure and the support of learners through bursaries and scholarships.

He said Nambale was the 14th constituency he had visited as he monitored and assessed the absorption of NG-CDF funds in ongoing projects.

The PS commended NG-CDF committees, saying there was clear evidence that the fund was transforming communities, especially in the education sector, adding that its scrapping would render many residents helpless.

He urged the fund’s constituency committees to benchmark with other constituencies that had demonstrated efficient absorption of funds and timely implementation of infrastructure projects.