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Debt spirals to Sh7tr as Kenya borrows Sh374b in two months

By Dominic Omondi | 5yrs ago

Kenya borrowed Sh374 billion in two months, pushing the country’s total public debt to more than Sh7 trillion by the end of August 2020.

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