The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, has urged Kenyans to back President William Ruto's Ksh 5 trillion National Infrastructure Fund, claiming that the nation urgently needs the fund to address avoidable accidents.
Through a social media statement on Tuesday December 16, 2025, the COTU boss said that proper infrastructure investment is needed across the country to avoid the rising number of road accidents happening across the country.
Atwoli says that many of the accidents are preventable with proper road infrastructure, which according to him is a key investment that the President is making.
"Kenya urgently needs the National Infrastructure Fund to prevent such avoidable tragedies," Atwoli wrote.
The COTU boss criticised the opposers of the national infrastructure fund who he claims are planning to challenge it in court.
"It is unfortunate that some primitive individuals are opposed to the initiative and are even planning to challenge it in court," Atwoli claimed.
Atwoli further claimed that the accidents cause traffic snarl-ups that result in the cutting off of Nairobi City from several parts of Western Kenya.
Atwoli's statements come just a day after the Cabinet approved the establishment of a Ksh 5 trillion National Infrastructure Fund that marked a major milestone in Kenya’s long-term plan to accelerate economic growth and position the country as a first-world economy.
The National Infrastructure Fund was approved as a limited liability company and will act as an engine for mobilising and deploying capital into infrastructure projects across the country.
The fund will oversee the construction of major roads across the country that will include the dualling of the Muthaiga-Kiambu-Ndumberi road, the construction of a 60-kilometre expressway from Nairobi City to Thika town in Kiambu County among other projects.
The fund has however faced opposition from Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro, who claims that the Government should account for the over Ksh 4 trillion borrowed since 2022 before launching the infrastructure fund and explaining how it will be overseen.
The National Infrastructure Fund bill is set for parliamentary consideration, where MPs will debate before either passing it into law or rejecting the proposal.
