World Bank proposes more budget cuts in Kenya to seal deficit

Exhibitors inspect the red onions during the annual East African seeds Agricultural Farmers Field Day: Agricultural input has increased this year, increasing sector’s importance to the economy

The Government should cut wastage in the public sector and trim the wage bill if attempts at fiscal consolidation are to bear fruit.

This is according to the Kenya Economic Update, 2018 where the World Bank further cautioned that the country’s economic growth was threatened by budget cuts to development expenditure whereas the focus should be on cutting recurrent spending.