The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has been allocated Sh3.2 Billion more ahead of the fresh polls, while the National Police Service has been allocated an additional Sh 4.6Billion; raising the security budget to Sh8 Billion.
The funds to be spent on security for the election are now almost at par with the Sh9.9 Billion allocated to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct the polls.
This has come to the limelight after Treasury submitted a mini-budget for the elections to the National Assembly. The budget statement offered no details other than that the funds were meant for "enhancement of security operations".
Kenyans are not privy to the security expenditure, with only the National Assembly's Defence and Foreign Relations Committee allowed to access the expenditure details.
If the Sh50 Billion spent on the August 8th election is added, Kenyan taxpayers will have to foot a whopping Sh 68 Billion bill for elections in 2017.
Security forces, especially the police, were accused of extra-judicial killings and brutalizing residents of Mathare, Kisumu and Kibera in the aftermath of the August polls as National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters protested the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner.
The Supreme Court then nullified President Uhuru's win and ordered fresh polls to be conducted within 60 days. The IEBC has set October 26th as the date for the fresh polls.
The conduct of security officers will be under much closer scrutiny due to the public outrage their activities caused in the August election.
The mandate of the National Intelligence Service under the law is to collect intelligence and share it with various agencies for relevant action to be taken.
Political temperatures are running high with NASA supporters demanding the resignation of IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba and the blacklisting of certain firms while Jubilee pushes to make changes to Kenya's electoral laws.
Parliament is expected to debate and approve the mini-budget.
