President Uhuru Kenyatta's legacy project, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), has been allocated Sh27.2 billion for the Nairobi to Naivasha section in the 2021-2022 Budget.
This allocation takes more than half of the Sh53.6 billion given to transport, making it the largest allocation in the sector.
The Lapsset project, a combination of projects connecting Kenya's coast to South Sudan and Ethiopia, has been allocated Sh4.5 billion, while Mombasa Port Development will receive Sh7.5 billion.
Other notable allocations include Sh8.3 billion for the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone, a Vision 2030 project, and Sh1.2 billion for the construction of affordable housing.
Under agriculture, the Treasury has allocated Sh8.9 billion to the Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP), which is being implemented in partnership with the World Bank.
“The development objective of KCSAP is to increase agricultural productivity and enhance resilience mechanisms to climate change risks in the targeted smallholder farming and pastoral communities in Kenya,” reads the information posted on the project’s website.
