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Kenya's debt grows by Sh200 billion

The Standard Guage Railway (SGR) line freight train haul snails along the Port Reitz Beach Management Unit lane to enter the port of Mombasa. [Photo by Gideon Maundu/Standard]

Kenya has received Sh200 billion from international lenders in the form of Eurobond, even before queries over the previous one are fully addressed.

The new loan marks the end of a worldwide fund-raising campaign by Kenyan officials led by National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich in committing ordinary folks to the 10 and 30-year loans.

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