The Kenya Kwanza administration has unveiled a dashboard where members of the public can access and monitor the progress of key projects being undertaken.
The National Government Dashboard System seeks
to “strengthen coordination and performance monitoring and national
development delivery through intergrade real-data insights”. It can be
accessed on the website: https://ngds.primecs.go.ke/.
The NGDS is coordinated through the chairmanship of
Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi, while his Chief of Staff Joseph
Busieaga and PSs Dr Korir Sing’Oei (Foreign Affairs), Roselyne Njogu
(Diaspora Affairs), Ahmed Ibrahim (Coordination), Dr Aurelia Rono
(Parliamentary Affairs) and Prof Shaukat Abdulrazak (Science, Research and
Innovation) sit in the board.
The dashboard indicates that 51 priority programmes and
projects have been onboarded, with the website also publishing data on
media coverage of the key projects.
The Daily Nation leads in terms of publication and
broadcast of state projects at at 153, while the Star is listed
as second at 110, and the Standard and Business Daily tie
at 54.
The data shows that the public estimated cost by the
President William Ruto administration of the 51 projects highlighted stands at
Sh9.4 trillion, with its average progress in delivery standing at
29.0 per cent.
Five of
the projects are indicated as
complete, seven stalled, three in the pipeline and 36
ongoing.
For instance, on the completion and
operationalisation of Special Economic Zones in Naivasha, Athi River, Kenanie
Leather Industrial Park and development of new Export Processing
Zones Authorities in Uasin Gishu, Kirinyaga, Nakuru, Muranga, Busia, Kwale
and Lamu, performance was at 27.6 per cent as at April 22,
2026.
The projects, worth Sh62.3 billion under the Ministry
of Trade and Investments, were conceptualised in 2022.
The Sh6 billion conversion of East African Portland Cement
Company into a Building Materials Complex aimed at promoting production and
utilisation of affordable construction materials and green construction
materials is at 1.1 per cent. It was launched on October 1, 2024 and
is expected to be complete by June 30, 2028.
The Sh22.3 billion County Aggregation and Industrial Parks
Projects, launched on August 22, 2022, is at 16.9 per
cent as at June 23, 2026. Most of them were expected to be complete
by August next year.
Establishment of a Dairy Feed Centre in Every Ward at Sh2.3
billion, which was to commence July 1, 2024
and be complete by June 30, 2028, has its progress
indicated as 0 per cent; which means it has stalled.
The establishment of a Sh22 billion Modern Integrated Iron
and Steel Mill Plant to promote value addition for scrap metal is shown at
2.5 per cent despite having been launched in July 2023 with
expected completion in June 2028.
The Sh1.8 billion modernisation of the Kenya
Veterinary Vaccine Production Institute stands at 36.4 per cent as
at April 22, 2026. It has June 30,2028 as completion
date.
The Sh132.4 billion National Tree Growing and Restoration
under the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry,
which seeks to increase forest cover and green jobs, sits at
26.8 per cent as at June 26, 2026.
The ambitious Jaza Miti initiative, which aims to grow 15
billion trees by 2032 to increase forest cover to 30 per cent, was
launched in July 2023.
As at June 17, 2026, Ruto's Sh1.9 trillion pet
project of constructing 200,000 Affordable Housing Units annually stood at
29.0 per cent.
On infrastructure, the construction of 6,000km of roads
has indicated at delivery of 18.5 per cent as at May 6, 2026.
The government has committed Sh286.5 billion for the road projects that the
state hopes to complete by June 30, 2028.
The Digital Access and Creative Economy is one of
the sectors that have achieved highly at 53.8 per cent as of June
16, 2026. The Sh10.9 billion project aimed to empower the youth to access
digital and digitally enabled job opportunities was launched by Ruto’s
predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta in July 2013, with December 31, 2030
marked as completion date.
The Sh205 million Digitalisation of Government Services and
Records to ensure timely retrieval and safety of public service records is at
23.8 per cent as at June 16, 2026 despite having been rolled out
15 years ago.
Some Sh182.4 billion was committed as from July
2023 for power transmission and distribution to enhance access to clean,
renewable, reliable and competitive energy services and to ensure uninterrupted
availability of energy services. Its success is indicated at 25 per
cent as at May 7, 2026. The completion date is June 30, 2028.
The implementation of Universal Health Care that seeks to
increase the number of households with health insurance under the new social
health insurance package is shown at 70.4 per cent.
The Sh754.2 billion Universal Primary and Secondary
Education aimed to enhance access to primary education has achieved
28.2 per cent as at June 17,
2026, while the Sh63.7 billion Technical Vocational Education
and Training Expansion is at 13.3 per cent as at June 24, 2026.
On Police Stations and National Government
Administration Field Offices, the performance stands at 26.6 per
cent, while the Sh5.9 billion Judicial Transformation aimed to improve
access to and expeditious delivery of justice is at 23.2 per cent as
at May 5, 2026.
