Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, when he appeared before the Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations at County Hall in Nairobi on April 2, 2026.
The spending comes as the government continues to upgrade diplomatic facilities and staff residences across key foreign missions
The upgrades also came amid delays in several projects that were either approaching or had surpassed their expected completion dates.
Kenya spent nearly Sh1.8 billion on the acquisition and refurbishment of properties at its diplomatic missions abroad in the first nine months of the 2025/26 financial year, with London and New York accounting for the largest share of the expenditure.
Data from the Controller of Budget (CoB) shows that the State Department for Foreign Affairs spent Sh1.78 billion between July 2025 and March 2026 on the purchase, renovation and rehabilitation of government-owned properties and diplomatic missions.
