68.3pc of revenue is going to debt service

It is unclear what monetary policy objectives government is currently pursuing, that forces them to keep the CBK policy interest rate at 12 percent.

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Sixty-eight shillings and thirty cents out of every 100 shillings of taxes paid in the last financial year, went to pay debt.

That left only thirty-one shillings and seventy cents for pensions, salaries and wages, and to occasionally, share with counties, build a road or finance higher education. That is why government classifies itself as being in high risk of debt distress in a recent report.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.