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The riddle of Treasury’s shifting revenue targets amid piling debt

Treasury CS Henry Rotich. [File, Standard]

The Government has over the last six years spent Sh10.2 trillion and in return raised just Sh6 trillion through taxes.

Kenya’s inability to live within its means has been driven by the availability of cheap credit in the post-2008 global financial crisis and relatively low-interest rates.

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