It urges Kenya to increase its spending on infrastructure by 41 per cent in order to meet its needs by 2040 and achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Outlook is a comprehensive and detailed analysis of infrastructure investment need. It gives the new country and sector spending data that governments and funding organisations have been calling for,” said Global Infrastructure Hub CEO Chris Heathcote. East African states estimate ongoing mega infrastructure projects to require about Sh60 trillion ($60.671 billion). In Kenya, mega projects whose implementation is in various stages include construction of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s second runway, Isiolo Airport, Lamu port and Nairobi-Kisumu standard gauge railway.

Source: Daily Nation July 25, 2017 18:56 UTC