Kenya's National Assembly approved the government's National Infrastructure Fund bill, which aims to mobilize 5 trillion Kenyan shillings ($38.7 billion) in public and private sector investments into a national infrastructure fund, or NIF, to support the construction of development projects such as transport, energy and digital infrastructure, The Kenya Times reported on March 6. In adopting the legislation, lawmakers passed several amendments aimed at shielding the NIF from political influence, such as by increasing parliamentary oversight of its operations.