Debt servicing costs rise by Sh435 billion on weak shilling

The National Treasury building in Nairobi.  

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It cost taxpayers an extra Sh435 billion to service high public debt in the year to June 2024, as expensive foreign obligations – exacerbated by a weak shilling – came due.

Latest data shows that the Treasury released Sh1.59 trillion to service domestic and external debt in the 2023/24 financial year, up from Sh1.16 trillion in the previous year.

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