Kenya: MPs Approve Additional Ksh 10B for NIS, Ksh 24B for Defence Amid Rising Border Security Threats

The National Assembly has handed the National Intelligence Service a Ksh10 billion budget boost, part of a sweeping Ksh45 billion increase to the security apparatus, as conflicts on its northern borders intensify and the threat of regional spillover grows harder to ignore.

Parliament on Thursday approved Supplementary Estimates I for the 2025/26 fiscal year after adopting a report by its Budget and Appropriations Committee, which gave the Ministry of Defence, NIS, and the National Police…