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Debt to increase in polls year, economists warn

Kenya’s level of public debt is likely to rise even higher as the country prepares for the 2017 elections, economists have warned.

They added that Kenya’s debt as a percentage of GDP is already ranked the highest among the main African economies, having surpassed South Africa in 2013.

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