How Treasury, MPs skills gap is pushing Kenya to debt distress

Years of heavy borrowing for infrastructure, recurrent expenditure and debt refinancing have pushed Kenya’s public debt to risky levels.

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has cautioned that inadequate capacity at the Treasury’s debt office and Parliament, is contributing to Kenya’s spiralling public borrowing.

The continental lender said in a report that the two institutions tasked with overseeing and managing the country’s borrowing are unable to identify fiscal risks to contain rising debt burden.

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