Government has set tight expenditure limits for the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, balancing its ambitious economic expansion targets with a renewed push for fiscal discipline.

The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, said the final quarter spending framework is designed to sustain momentum under the country’s tenfold growth strategy, while keeping public finances under control.

Speaking during the Quarter Four press briefing, today on April 9, 2026, Ggoobi noted that the expenditure ceilings are aligned with the broader fiscal consolidation agenda, which seeks to maintain macroeconomic stability amid growing demand for public investment.

“The focus remains on sustaining macroeconomic stability and maintaining fiscal discipline, signaling a cautious approach to government spending in the closing months of the fiscal year. Ggoobi said.

According to the Treasury, the fourth quarter budget has been structured around a set of guiding principles aimed at ensuring both growth and prudence.

Top among these is the requirement to keep total government spending within available resources, a move intended to avoid excessive borrowing and rising debt pressures.

At the same time, government will continue channeling funds into key growth drivers under the ATMS framework agro-industrialization, tourism development, mineral development, and science, technology and innovation sectors seen as critical to accelerating economic transformation.

Ggoobi emphasized that financing for wealth creation initiatives will be protected, even as spending is tightened elsewhere.

That government also plans to sustain investment in what it describes as “enablers of growth,” including security, infrastructure and human capital development, areas considered essential for long-term productivity and stability.

In addition, ministries, departments, agencies and local governments will receive the minimum required operational funding to maintain essential public services through the end of the financial year.

The latest expenditure plan underscores the delicate balancing act facing policymakers driving economic growth while keeping a firm grip on public spending in an increasingly constrained fiscal environment.