The State Department of Infrastructure exceeded its development budget by Sh6.2 billion, a month to the end of the financial year amid a race to complete President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy projects.
The latest exchequer statistics, published by Treasury secretary Ukur Yatani, show expenditure on the construction of roads and bridges amounted to nearly Sh69.25 billion in 11 months ended May against a revised budget of Sh63.04 billion for the entire fiscal year.
