Tax & Spend

Kenya’s Ruto Unveils $31 Billion Infrastructure Investment Plan

William Ruto

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Kenyan President William Ruto announced plans to spend about $31 billion over the next decade on large infrastructure projects, a U-turn on his previous pledge to rein in spending and public debt.

The road, railway, airport and power projects will be financed through a national infrastructure fund, Ruto said late Monday.