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Tough year ahead as Kenya’s tax collections will just be enough to service debt, pay civil servants’ salaries

The money the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will collect in the next 12 months will just be enough to repay loans falling due and salaries for civil servants.

This puts in jeopardy, not just President Uhuru Kenyatta’s pet projects under the Big Four Agenda and other development undertakings, but also puts the National Treasury in a tight spot in mobilising resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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