The value of development projects funded through taxes in the financial year ended June 2026 grew at the fastest pace in more than a decade, signalling a renewed push to finance infrastructure ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Exchequer-funded development expenditure jumped 36.4 percent to Sh457.2 billion, latest Treasury disclosures show, reversing years of budget cuts that had steadily squeezed capital investment to below one-tenth of total national government spending.
