World Bank, while crediting creation of the fund as positive, however, calls for sustained structural and governance reforms.
By
Kepha Muiruri
Business Reporter
Nation Media Group
The World Bank Group deems gains arising from creation of Kenya's National Infrastructure Fund (NIF) short-term, stressing the need for deeper reforms to achieve a lower budget deficit and ease debt pressures.
The National Infrastructure Fund (NIF), capitalised with Sh347 billion (US$2.7 billion), has the potential to transform Kenya's…
The National Infrastructure Fund deserves attention not simply because of the capital it controls, but because it has the…
Kenya has lacked IMF support since March 2025, when the fund terminated a standing arrangement.
A new report warns that Kenya’s growing reliance on domestic borrowing is crowding out long-term investment in infrastructure.
DFIs provide long-term capital and financial services to sectors of the economy or projects that are considered too risky for…
Investors in the fund stand to earn a quarterly interest payout from investments like renewable energy, agribusiness and…
