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Kenya's current account deficit widens to 5.8 pct in February

Kenya's current account deficit widened to 5.8 percent of GDP in the year to February from 5.5 percent the same time a year earlier, the finance ministry said.

The Treasury blamed a 5.6 percent fall in the value of exported goods, a 3.3 percent increase in goods imports and other unspecified income drops. The drop in value of goods exports and the rise in imports more than offset a 3.6 jump in service exports, the ministry said.

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