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Pull out all the stops to forestall disastrous debt default

Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u. [File, Standard]

Article 214 (2) of the Constitution defines public debt as "all financial obligations attendant to loans raised or guaranteed and securities issued or guaranteed by the national government."

Debt, when taken and invested prudently, is a catalyst for development. The converse holds true. When a country takes on more debt than it can possibly repay, debt default follows.

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