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OPINION: Why the common mwananchi should be worried as public debt hits a staggering Sh5 trillion

While some Kenyans have supported the national government for borrowing as a means to meet infrastructure development, others have condemned the Government's action.

In fact, the move has been termed as contrary to the public interest and punitive to ordinary taxpayers.

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