Weak shilling knocks Kenya weapons deal

Military vehicles spotted at the port of Mombasa on April 11, 2019. PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA | NMG 

Kenya required more money to buy less military equipment such as guns and tanks last year due to the weakening of the shilling against the US dollar.

Data from the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an independent global security think tank, shows the government spent an extra Sh2.4 billion to buy less equipment for the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

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