2025/2026 SOCIAL PROTECTION BUDGET BRIEF
Analysis and Strategic Recommendations (FY2025/26)
Highlights
This budget brief examines how the 2025/26 National budget responds to the needs of Social Protection. The budget lines considered for this analysis are drawn from the following institutions: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) and Equal Opportunities Commission. This brief excludes the budget lines for child protection under Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD).
The brief assesses the size and composition of public spending on social protection and highlights spending trends, efficiency, effectiveness, equity and adequacy of immediate past spending on social protection. The analysis is based on a review of key budget documents, including Approved Budgets and Expenditure Reports where available for financial years 2022/23 to 2025/26. All Figures up to 2023/2024 are based on the figures included in the Annual Budget Performance Reports, while 2024/25 and 2025/26 are as per the Approved
Budget.
