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Why Eurobond could lead to huge austerity measures

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich. [Photo: Courtesy]

Recently, we predicted in the Financial Standard that the proposed Eurobond issue of Sh202 billion by Kenya in the US and Europe will be successful because liquid investors are willing to take the risk, particularly when it is the State that is borrowing.

The assumption is that governments are not expected to default on their sovereign debt.

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