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Creamy capitalism at the top and scraps for the many below

Workers operate sewing machines to stitch pieces of fabric together to make jeans inside the United Aryan textile factory at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nairobi on February 4, 2025. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

Less than two months into the 2025/26 fiscal year, the 2026/27 budget process has already begun. The process kicked off last Monday with the launch of Sector Working Groups, which should really be the first venues for public participation in a transparent budget cycle.

Indeed, proper participation should follow our 3-in-1 public finance management, and not simply budget preparation, cycle – participating in future 2026/27 budget preparation, tracking implementation of the current 2025/26 budget and following up audit (and evaluation) of the past 2024/25 budget.

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