Pauline Njoroge reacts to reports State House spends Ksh2M daily on printing services
By David Nthua, September 3, 2025Blogger and communication strategist Pauline Njoroge, on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, wondered whether State House had secretly turned into a publishing zone, following a damning report from the Controller of Budget (CoB) Margaret Nyakang’o.
Taking to her X handle, Njoroge dissected the figures, raising questions on the legitimacy of such huge expenditures in a country struggling with debt and high taxation.
“The Office of the President reportedly spent Ksh1B on advisors. If Ruto has 30 advisors, each would be pocketing about Ksh2.7M per month. That’s Ksh91,000 per day, every single day. On top of that, the State House spent Ksh2.2M daily on printing. Say they spend 10 bob per coloured page, this means they are printing 220,000 pages every day,” Njoroge wrote.
“At this rate, one has to wonder, has the State House secretly turned into a publishing house? If so, the runaway bestseller must be titled, ‘How to Loot a Nation: A Daily Manual from State House Press,” she added.
CoB report
The remarks came just hours after the Controller of Budget tabled the National Government Budget Implementation Review for the financial year 2024/2025, which flagged massive wastage in government offices.
“The Executive Office of the President spent an average of Ksh2 million per day on printing services in the last financial year,” the CoB report reads.
According to the report, Harambe House alone spent Ksh817M on printing services, translating to Ksh68M per month and Ksh2.2M per day.
“These services include paper used to print government policy, executive orders, directives and proclamations transmitted to ministries, departments and agencies, performance contracts, bi-weekly press statements, periodic government communication during times of crisis, regional media forums, among others,” the CoB report reads.
Public Anger
Nyakang’o further revealed that the State House spent Ksh1B on advisory services, ranging from counterterrorism to economic affairs, and Ksh399M on refurbishing the house on the hill.
The revelations have sparked widespread debate, with Kenyans questioning why such amounts are being channelled into printing and advisory contracts while the country continues to face cash crunches and underfunded essential services.