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'Broke' government living large: Ruto adds Sh3tr to public debt

President William Ruto, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichungwah, and his Senate counterpart Aaron Cheruiyot arrive for the joint National Executive Retreat and Parliamentary Group Consultative Meeting in Naivasha, Nakuru County on February 19, 2024. [PCS, Standard]

In the one and a half years that President William Ruto's government has been in office, it has increased Kenya's public debt by more than Sh3 trillion.

This is according to a brief that formed the basis of some of the discussions at the Cabinet retreat in Naivasha earlier this week.

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