Nairobi, Aug. 18 -- President William Ruto's government has failed to meet the legal threshold for development spending for the fourth consecutive year, highlighting persistent underinvestment in projects that support long-term economic growth and infrastructure development.

Actual development expenditure accounted for 26.89 percent of ministerial national government spending in the year ended June 2026, falling below the statutory minimum of 30 percent.

The government spent Sh736.1 billion on development projects against total ministerial expenditure of Sh2.737 trillion, National Treasury data show. This left the government about Sh85.1 billion short of the amount required to meet the 30 percent threshold.

This is despite an increase ...