Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has issued a clarification on the fate of Kenya's development programmes after United States President Donald Trump announced a temporary freeze on almost all foreign assistance.
While speaking to journalists during a retreat in Naivasha, Mbadi admitted that the government was bracing for tough times, adding that critical development programmes are still set to continue despite the US's decision to freeze funding. "We will have no alternative but to slash part of the development budget and use the funds to finance critical programmes that will be starved of cash if the US stops foreign aid," the CS said.
Mbadi added that the government was working on implementing measures to ensure that programmes that were heavily dependent on foreign aid continued to run without hitches.
Treasury Cabinet John Mbadi during a past media engagement at Treasury Buildings in Nairobi.
