The government is developing guidelines to unlock small and micro Public-Private Partnerships, with plans to set up a dedicated unit to tap opportunities at the county level.
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi says 37 projects, both national and county, are in the pipeline and will be financed through the Public-Private Partnerships model.
He says this will free up public resources for essential social sectors such as health, education, and water The government requires about 560 billion shillings annually to develop and maintain infrastructure, but only allocates about Ksh 224 billion leaving a funding gap of 336 billion shillings each year.
To bridge the shortfall, the National Treasury through the PPP Directorate plans to mobilize 293.6 billion shillings in the current financial year for key projects.
These include the Galana Kulalu Food Security Programme, the Africa 50-backed high voltage transmission line, the Nairobi-Mau Summit Road, and the Sabaki Water and Sanitation Project to supply water in Mombasa and Kilifi counties.