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Public debt eats up 98 per cent of revenue collected in January

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Treasury CS Njuguna Ndungu. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Nearly all the money collected from taxes in January went to servicing debt, the greatest indication of the extent of the cash crunch facing President William Ruto's administration.

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