Kenya’s Finance Minister Defends Infrastructure Fund but Includes Misleading Claims

Kenya’s finance minister defends infrastructure fund but includes misleading claims

• The minister was right about the size of Kenya’s debt but mangled some of his figures, including when repayments crossed 50% of revenues.
• On education, he presented a partial picture, claiming the sector receives 27% of total spending. In reality, that figure applies only to a subset of expenditure; the full picture is considerably less generous.
• While he was right about current power generation, his framing that…