State plans monthly switch bonds to ease debt pressure

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The National Treasury building in Nairobi. 

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The National Treasury will now issue switch bonds monthly, giving holders of maturing securities a regular opportunity to reinvest their money in longer, more lucrative papers. 

Previously, the government opened the swap bonds on a need basis, targeting securities whose repayment would trigger a repayment strain on the exchequer.

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