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County governments set to access external loans, says DP William Ruto

County governments could soon begin accessing funds through direct borrowing from external donors, easing  pressure for more resources to be allocated to the devolved units.

This would happen as soon as policy guidelines on sub-national borrowing is finalised. At present, external borrowing by any county government must be approved by both National Treasury and the respective county assembly.

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