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Kenya's Sh100b annual defence budget top in East Africa

Kenya spent Sh119.2 billion on defence last year making it the highest military expenditure in East Africa.

This is according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) that places Kenya’s spending seventh place overall in Africa, where the continent spent a combined Sh4.6 trillion on their armed forces.

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