Ruto's Sh5 trillion promise: Path to economic freedom or political stunt?

Has “bottom-up” now become “top-down”?  That seems to be the unsaid question lurking beneath President William Ruto’s ten-year, Sh5 trillion “mega-infrastructure” idea being drip-fed to Kenyans in each successive speech.  The latest morsels were provided in his Jamhuri Day address in which he referenced the idea as our “Sh5 trillion national economic freedom project”.Let’s hope it will not take 18 months to firm up this idea into actual policy/strategy. That’s how long this administration took to translate their manifesto - “The Plan” – into the “Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda” (BETA) and MTP IV (the Fourth Medium-Term Plan under Kenya Vision 2030).  Hey, in their meeting yesterday (Monday), did Cabinet discuss a formal Sh5 trillion road map/policy document before they approved the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF)?Get Full Access for Ksh299/WeekUnlock the Full Story — Join Thousands of Informed Kenyans TodayUnlock the Truth Now 》Unlimited access to all premium contentUninterrupted ad-free browsing experienceMobile-optimized reading experienceWeekly NewslettersMPesa, Airtel Money and Cards acceptedAlready a subscriber?Log inFollow The Standard
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Let’s hope it will not take 18 months to firm up this idea into actual policy/strategy. That’s how long this administration took to translate their manifesto - “The Plan” – into the “Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda” (BETA) and MTP IV (the Fourth Medium-Term Plan under Kenya Vision 2030).  Hey, in their meeting yesterday (Monday), did Cabinet discuss a formal Sh5 trillion road map/policy document before they approved the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF)?Get Full Access for Ksh299/WeekUnlock the Full Story — Join Thousands of Informed Kenyans TodayUnlock the Truth Now 》Unlimited access to all premium contentUninterrupted ad-free browsing experienceMobile-optimized reading experienceWeekly NewslettersMPesa, Airtel Money and Cards acceptedAlready a subscriber?Log inFollow The Standard
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