There have been serious concerns raised about Government borrowing and spending recently. This is especially with regard to recurrent expenditure, such as salaries for bloated staff at the national and county levels, and the viability of megaprojects, such as the Standard Gauge Railway.
Other equally contentious projects include the Mombasa-Nairobi Expressway, which is estimated to cost Sh307 billion, and the JKIA-Westlands Expressway estimated at Sh60.2 billion.