Budget Analysis 2026 – Advocata Institute

Livestreamed on 7 November 2025, this session was Advocata’s real-time reaction to the government’s 2026 Budget, delivered as the annual proposals were tabled in Parliament. In keeping with Advocata’s standard budget-day format, the discussion unpacked the fiscal targets, tax and expenditure measures, and reform commitments in the budget against the backdrop of the IMF-backed stabilisation programme, weighing whether the numbers matched the reform agenda Advocata itself had proposed weeks earlier — including tax reform in the Port City, accelerating the stalled Bim Saviya land-titling programme, and further divestiture of state-owned enterprises. As with its earlier post-budget discussions, the session combined short data presentations from Advocata’s research team with live commentary, aimed at giving viewers watching on YouTube and Facebook a clear read on what the budget meant for the country’s fiscal trajectory and reform momentum heading into 2026.