• Ruto announces $850M plan for housing, roads, and markets in three counties
  
  
• Funds to build 44,000 homes, upgrade 600 km of roads, complete a dam
  
  
• Plan supports Kenya’s Vision 2030 and Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda

Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, unveiled a 110 billion Kenyan shilling (about $850 million) investment plan for development projects in the counties of Kitui, Machakos, and Makueni.

We are currently investing more than KSh110 billion in transformative development projects in Kitui, Machakos, and Makueni counties.

Of this, KSh64 billion is dedicated to delivering 44,000 affordable housing units, 15,000-bed student hostels, and 39 fresh produce markets. These… pic.twitter.com/wnCVD0vq8P

— William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) November 15, 2025

Ruto said 64 billion shillings will go toward building 44,000 affordable housing units, hostels for 15,000 university students, and 39 produce markets. Another 30 billion shillings will fund upgrades to 600 km of roads, while 9.6 billion shillings will be used to complete a dam.

The announcement follows a similar plan outlined a few weeks earlier for Kakamega County in western Kenya, aimed at improving living standards.

The Kenyan government is rolling out several programmes to revive the economy. In 2024, it launched the Fourth Medium Term Plan (2023-2027) and County Development Plans, both developed under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). BETA prioritizes inclusive growth through investment in special economic zones, county clusters, industrial parks, health, and infrastructure.

The new plan aligns with Kenya’s Vision 2030, a long-term strategy to turn the country into an industrialized, middle-income economy with a higher quality of life.

Lydie Mobio