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Tourism budget slashed by Sh1.4 b as Henry Rotich predicts decline

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala. (Photo: Boniface Okendo/Standard)

The Treasury has cut the tourism budget by Sh1.4 billion due to an increase in the number of visitors.

In the mini-budget tabled in Parliament last week, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich cut the amount the country was the spend on marketing Kenya as a tourist destination.

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