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Kenya to increase borrowing as budget gap grows

National Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge

Kenya is likely to borrow another Sh600 billion this financial year after revenue shortfalls, pushing the country deeper into the debt trap.

It had earlier been forecast that borrowing would be capped at Sh558.9 billion.

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