Nairobi, July 27 -- The value of development projects funded through taxes in the financial year ended June 2026 grew at the fastest pace in more than a decade, signalling a renewed push to finance infrastructure ahead of the 2027 General Election.

Exchequer-funded development expenditure jumped 36.4 percent to Sh457.2 billion, latest Treasury disclosures show, reversing years of budget cuts that had steadily squeezed capital investment to below one-tenth of total national government spending.

The increase, which excludes funding from loans and grants, marked the biggest annual expansion in at least a decade.

This ended a prolonged run in which capital spending either declined or posted only modest recoveries, with debt repayments and ...