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Yawning deficit in budget will lead to heavy borrowing

Henry Munene

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich on Wednesday presented in Parliament what experts have termed a very ambitious budget for 2016/2017.

And while I am obviously not an expert, I feel impelled to comment on the matter, for three main reasons.

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