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Vol 67 No 9

Published 1st May 2026


Kenya

Balancing Rome and Paris, Ruto locks in the Mattei plan

On a three-day trip to Italy, the President agreed multiple funding deals under Giorgia Meloni's €5.5bn Mattei Plan but the opposition questions the pace and volume of disbursements

President William Ruto’s sales pitch to Italian politicians and business leaders went down well, even if some of his claims strained credulity. ‘If you are looking at de-carbonising your companies and investments, Kenya is the best place to deploy them,’ Ruto told business leaders on 20 April, adding that 93% of Kenya’s energy footprint was renewable.

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