Curb wastage to tame rising debt payments

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The National Treasury building in Nairobi in this picture taken on March 15, 2023. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

The reality of the piling debt burden is dawning on Kenya following the revelation of the latest data that the Treasury spent 67 percent of taxes on servicing loans owed to domestic and external creditors.

The cash crunch was inevitable as Kenya struggled with a bloated public wage bill, wastage and investment in mega projects, including other recurrent expenditures.

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