In Summary:
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A social media blog has claimed that Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah receives a higher budgetary allocation than Senate Pro-Tempore Nyonblee Karngar-Lawrence in the proposed FY2026 national budget.
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After reviewing the 2026 draft budget published by the Ministry of Finance, we found this claim to be correct.
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According to the proposed draft budget, the Office of the Deputy House Speaker, Thomas Fallah, is allocated US$1,415,839, while the Office of the Senate Pro-Tempore, Nyonblee Karngar-Lawrence, receives US$958,926.
Following the submission of the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget to the National Legislature as prescribed by law, Shine Liberia, a Social Media blog, took to Facebook, claiming that the office of Deputy House Speaker Thomas Fallah receives more budgetary allocation in the draft Budget than the office of the Senate Pro Tempore.
The blog made this claim on November 9, noting that the office of the Deputy Speaker receives US$1.4 million while the office of the Pro Tempore receives US$958,926.
The Claim
The post reads: “Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah receive more budget allocation than the Pro temp. Office of the Speaker: US$1,848,000 Office of the Deputy Speaker: US$1,415,839 . Office of the Pro Tempore: US$958,926.”
Rating Justification
To verify this claim, we reviewed the various allocations to the two offices at the National Legislature.
A review of the proposed 2026 budget shows that the office of the Senate Pro-tempore receives an allocation of US$958,926.
In contrast, the office of the Deputy Speaker receives an allocation of US$1.4 million in the same Budget.
Conclusion
Based on these findings, we conclude that the claim made by Shine Liberia that the office of the Deputy Speaker receives more budgetary allocation than the office of the Senate Pro tempore in the 2026 Draft National Budget is correct.
A review of the document shows that the office of the Senate Pro-tempore receives an allocation of US$958,926, while the office of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives receives a proposed allocation of US$1.4 million in the FY2026 Draft Budget.
