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Uhuru’s austerity measures stall projects worth billions of shillings

Deputy President William Ruto with Treasury CS Henry Rotich and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa. [Dpps]

The Government’s austerity measures announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year have negatively impacted on implementation of 545 major projects.

According to a report tabled in the National Assembly yesterday by Majority Leader Aden Duale (Garissa Township), many projects have stalled. The report documents that absorption rate is surprisingly at its lowest.

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