Ndii: Why Kenya falters on fiscal consolidation targets

Chairperson of Presidential Council of Economic Advisors Dr David Ndii gives a speech during an Economic Forum at Serena Hotel in Nairobi. 

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Kenya is unable to meet its fiscal consolidation targets because of cash demands by education and security sectors, which were allocated Sh1.35 trillion in this year’s budget, President William Ruto’s chief economic advisor, David Ndii, has said.

He said despite allocating the education sector Sh784.5 billion in the current budget, the government is still running a deficit in funding for universities and teacher recruitment.

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