“In absolute terms, Kenya’s national and county governments are allocating more funds to the health sector, thereby increasing the public budgetary resources available. However, the combined total remains below the Abuja targets, to which the Kenya government has committed. County health budgets, as a proportion of the total county budget, are below the 35 percent recorded before devolution. Based on these and other findings from the recently published National and County Budget Analysis FY 2016/17, Kenya’s MOH recommends that both the national and county governments:
• Increase the proportion of the annual budget allocated to the health sector
• Optimize productivity of human resources for health
• Increase allocation to development “