Restructure the debt, not Kenya’s future

Kenya does not need to restructure its future; it needs to restructure the debt that is preventing it from financing that future.

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Kenya’s debt problem is no longer merely a technical matter for the Treasury. It has become a political economy question.

What kind of economy can Kenya build when an ever-growing share of public resources is committed to servicing yesterday’s borrowing? Public debt had reached Sh12.86 trillion by April this year, equivalent to 69.4 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to Treasury.

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