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You have to trim budgets, now Deputy President William Ruto tells governors

County governments will have to adjust their budgets to make do with the available resources in the next financial year. Deputy President William Ruto told governors yesterday the country can only share the revenue it has.

Speaking during a closed-door Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) meeting at his Karen home, the DP was also categorical that in light of the current financial crunch, the country cannot borrow to sustain lifestyle but rather to finance major development projects.

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