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Kenya eyes infrastructure fund from China’s Sh15 trillion Silk Road initiative

President Uhuru Kenyatta is in Beijing for the China One Belt One Road Forum. (Photo: Moses Omusula, Standard)

Beijing: Kenya expects to get significant funding from China for major infrastructure projects which are part of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative.

The hopes of Kenya and other nations were raised when Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that his country will cobble together a massive budget of Sh15 trillion for the world’s most ambitious infrastructure project.

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