Kenyan investment?

Infrastructure investment will follow granting of a loan worth some US$400 million to Kenya.
February 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Infrastructure investment will follow granting of a loan worth some US$400 million to Kenya. The country has pledged to boost its road network as well as carrying out other infrastructure development should it receive the $400 million loan from the New York-based 2332 World Bank (WB). Some $1.1 billion in loans have been provided by the WB to Kenya since 2009, with most of the funds being used for road building and other development work.

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