The Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional Development department was also not funded for its growth projects.
This could extend the problem of delays in obtaining critical documentation as witnessed in recent months.
Critical services, including the issuance of passports and national identity cards, face disruptions after the cash-strapped National Treasury failed to provide funds to 16 key State departments.
Official records showed that Treasury had not funded the departments by the end of the first quarter in September, throwing their projects into a spin even as the total development budget for the national government was slashed from Sh459 billion to Sh351 billion. The 16 institutions had a combined development budget of Sh9.5 billion for the fiscal year to June 2025.
