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Uhuru’s 2-year loans surpass Kibaki’s last term debt

President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government has borrowed more money in the last two years than what his predecessor did in five years (last term).

Treasury data shows that by March 2015, the Jubilee administration had borrowed Sh874.5 billion between 2013 and 2015, overtaking Kibaki’s regime, which borrowed Sh738 billion in the Grand Coalition’s last term in office.

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