Deputy President Kithure Kindiki addressing members of the
of Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) during the 27th Ordinary
session held at his Karen residence on June 23, 2025/DPCS
Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) meeting, on Monday made several key resolutions after deliberations that lasted more than half a day.
The resolutions touch in critical maters such as funding, health and other development related issues.
Chaired by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, the 27th ordinary session concluded with a raft of resolutions aimed at strengthening devolution, unlocking county development, and ensuring smoother financial flows across the two levels of government.
The National Treasury committed to disbursing the remaining Sh30.83 billion in equitable revenue share to counties by June 27, fulfilling 100% of the financial year’s allocation.
This follows the earlier release of Sh387.26 billion, of the FY 2024/25.
In addition to this, counties will receive funds allocated under the County Government Additional Allocations Act by the same date.
The Controller of Budget and the National Treasury were tasked with removing administrative bottlenecks to accelerate the use of these funds at the county level.
IBEC also moved to address ongoing challenges in conditional funding. It directed the Treasury to lead stakeholder consultations within a month to propose alternative legal and administrative frameworks to ease the flow of such allocations.
In a bid to tame the ballooning backlog of pending bills, the Council adopted the County Governments Pending Bills Action Plan.
Counties are expected to tailor their action plans, drawing lessons from successful national and county-level strategies.
The meeting lauded the sharp increase in health insurance registration, with over 23.9 million Kenyans now signed up to Taifa Care, compared to the 9 million formerly under NHIF.
The Ministry of Health, the Council of Governors, and the Social Health Authority were directed to finalise a mechanism to ensure timely remittance of contributions to the Social Health Insurance Fund.
The Council called for the completion of key linkages and services for 13 County Aggregated Industrial Parks (CAIPs) and fast-tracked disbursement of Sh970 million in pending national contributions.
It also endorsed a performance-based approach to onboard 21 additional counties in the next financial year.
To safeguard public land and support the transfer of functions, IBEC directed the issuance of reservation orders by June 30, and the finalisation of costing for devolved functions by July 30.
Other resolutions included standardising county revenue guidelines, hosting a national agricultural summit in August, and coordinating frameworks for budgeting and education funding between counties and national agencies.
The communiqué was signed by Deputy President Kindiki and Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi, who chairs the Council of Governors.
