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Jittery global investors now dump Kenyan dollar bonds

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Kenya's debt troubles look set to pile as jittery foreign investors spooked by political and economic challenges shy away from the country's dollar bonds.

This came as the yields on Kenya's Eurobonds rose sharply amid mounting political uncertainty and officials admitted acute challenges in honouring sovereign debt obligations.

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