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Budget Allocation for Consolidated Fund Services (CFS) in Kenya

The tables below present the budget allocation for Consolidated Fund Services (CFS) across various financial years, along with the actual exchequer issues.

Budget Allocation for Consolidated Fund Services

The definition of the terms in the tables appears below–

Revised Estimates
Updated budget amounts for each CFS category after mid-year reviews or reallocation.
Revised % of Total
The percentage of revised budget estimates for each CFS category relative to the total revised CFS budget. (Revised Estimates ÷ Total Revised Estimates) x 100.
Exchequer Issues
The actual amount of funds released from the Consolidated Fund to each CFS category during the financial year.
Issues % of Revised
The percentage of the exchequer issues for each CFS category relative to its revised budget. (Exchequer Issues ÷ Revised Estimates) x 100.
Financial Year
The period that governments use for accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting. In Kenya, it starts on 1st July and ends on 30th June of the following year.

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Financial Year 2023/2024

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt1,782.3989.511,596.6489.58
Pensions and Gratuities187.569.42148.9579.41
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services*21.521.0820.7796.51
Total1,991.48100.001,766.3688.70

*Includes guaranteed debts

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in billions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2022/2023

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt1,385.0787.791,161.5883.86
Pensions and Gratuities172.6410.94136.3478.97
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services20.041.2715.6578.09
Subscriptions to International Organisations----
Total1,577.74100.001,313.5983.26

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in billions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2021/2022

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt1,151,292.5087.921,042,241.8990.53
Pensions and Gratuities153,639.5911.73145,633.2794.79
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services4,558.370.353,195.2470.10
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.500.00--
Total1,309,490.96100.001,191,070.4090.96

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2020/2021

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt954,866.2289.23862,833.1690.36
Pensions and Gratuities111,142.4810.39110,355.2599.30
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services4,167.410.392,620.1662.87
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.500.00--
Total1,070,176.61100.00975,808.5791.18

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2019/2020

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt778,847.9089.47707,892.0090.90
Pensions and Gratuities86,988.909.9986,989.30100.00
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services4,643.700.533,307.1071.22
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.500.00--
Total870,481.00100.00798,188.391.70

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2018/2019

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt848,303.9090.69826,202.9097.40
Pensions and Gratuities80,455.108.6066,397.682.53
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services6,632.800.714,406.5066.43
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.500.00--
Total935,392.30100.00897,007.0095.90

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2017/2018

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt649,396.7089.34517,161.9079.64
Pensions and Gratuities71,895.109.8962,413.3086.81
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services5,564.900.773,632.7065.28
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.500.00--
Total726,857.20100.00583,207.9080.24

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2016/2017

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt459,903.7087.40435,717.0094.74
Pensions and Gratuities60,691.1011.5358,487.6096.37
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services5,615.801.073,905.7069.55
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.500.00--
Total526,211.20100.00498,110.3094.66

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2015/2016

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt437,459.4088.43421,849.9096.43
Pensions and Gratuities51,691.1010.4550,860.0098.39
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services5,523.701.123,536.4064.02
Subscriptions to International Organizations2.200.001.8081.82
Total494,676.40100.00476,248.1096.27

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2014/2015

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt400,32491.63416,234*103.97
Pensions and Gratuities32,3567.4135,082108.43
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services4,2070.963,150**74.88
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.50.00--
Total436,888100.00454,470104.02

*Amount includes KES 53.2 billion paid by the National Treasury to service the Syndicated loan from international financial institutions.
**Includes exchequer issues for defaulted government guaranteed loans.

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2013/2014

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt233,44187.95227,58297.49
Pensions and Gratuities28,14610.6027,71098.45
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services3,8441.453,50091.05
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.50.00--
Total265,432100.00258,79297.50

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2012/2013

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt323,57388.81286,03788.40
Pensions and Gratuities28,1477.7325,03088.93
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services3,4760.952,21263.64
Subscriptions to International Organizations*9,1632.51--
Total364,359100.00313,27985.98

*International organisation subscriptions to IMF

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in millions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000 to get the actual value.

Financial Year 2011/2012

CFS CategoryRevised EstimatesRevised % of TotalExchequer IssuesIssues % of Revised
Public Debt176.9084.44177.1088.40
Pensions and Gratuities29.3013.9924.1082.25
Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Services3.361.602.1062.50
Subscriptions to International Organizations0.00050.00--
Total209.50100.00203.30100.11

Note: All figures (except percentages) are in billions of Kenyan Shillings. Multiply by 1,000,000,000 to get the actual value.