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CoB calls for fiscal discipline as public debt surges past set limit

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o. [File, Standard]

The Controller of Budget Dr Margaret Nyakang'o has raised concern over ballooning public debt.

Nyakang'o in the National Government Budget Implementation Review Report for the first three months of the Financial Year 2024/2025, she said public debt stock as at September 30, 2024, stood at Sh10.79 trillion (67 per cent of the GDP).

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