Kenya's government will finance the new National Infrastructure Fund (NIF) by leveraging private capital from privatization proceeds, not new taxes, according to Presidential Council of Economic Advisers Chairman David Ndii.

• The NIF aims to reduce fiscal pressure on the national budget while maintaining infrastructure development.
• David Ndii stated that the fund will be capitalized through the sale of state assets, allowing the government to “take infrastructure off-budget.”
• The establishment of the NIF follows delays caused by court cases that stalled Kenya's privatization programme, which has now been "unlocked."