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Kenya’s Controller of Budget calls for urgent reforms to curb $77.3M debt

Industry and Trade
  • Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o said the public debt stock increased by 3% from KSh10.58 trillion as of June 2024, to KSh10.93 trillion as of December 2024.
  • Nyakang’o said major funds, including the Housing Fund, the Railway Development Fund, and the Petroleum Levy, are not part of the Consolidated Fund.
  • She has raised concerns about the government’s reliance on overdrafts from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to service both domestic and external debt.

Kenya’s Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakango is calling for the adoption of prudent strategies focused on debt management and revenue collection reforms to check the country’s piling debt. According to her, allocation towards servicing the public debt in the financial year 2024-2025 is set at KSh1.91 trillion, compared to KSh1.87 trillion in 2023-2024, with the country’s average time to maturity for public debt reducing to 7.8 years, down from 9.4 years in 2023.

The allocation comprised …

Budget Kenya FY2023/24

Job creation, growth of industries key pillars in Kenya’s $26.4Bn budget

Countries
  • The government of Kenya is deploying measures to protect local industries from the onslaught of cheap imports.
  • Kenya’s $26.4 billion FY2023/24 budget is an increase from $23.6 billion plan for the fiscal year ending June 30.
  • The country is, however, facing high inflation, ballooning debt, and a high rate of joblessness.

President William Ruto’s first $26.4 billion budget for the FY2023/24 starting July 1st seeks to boost job creation, power growth of industries, and reduce borrowing.

Kenya’s $26.4 billion FY2023/24 budget is an increase from the $23.6 billion plan for the fiscal year ending June 30. East Africa’s economic powerhouse, Kenya, continues to struggle with growing inflation, skyrocketing debt, and a high unemployment rate.

Job creation targets Kenya’s youth

The lack of enough jobs is disproportionately affecting the country’s young people. The economy is also struggling from the impact of external shocks. For instance, Kenya is hurting from the Russia-Ukraine …

Transport infrastructure will help better integrate Africa and increase trade

East African economies struggle with rising debt amid weak currencies

Regional Markets
Before the Covid-19 Pandemic struck, East African countries had a common agenda to invest in infrastructure development.
As the three main economies of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda they sought to become competitive and attractive investment destinations, the issue of borrowing in foreign currencies created the debt burden they face today.
The mega investments in roads, railways, ports and aviation, have all been challenges, as low revenue collections and high recurrent expenditures continue to plague their respective governments.

Most of the countries have no choice but borrow to bridge budget deficits. According to the IMF, the major EAC nations, namely Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda, together, had borrowed more than $100 billion in both external and domestic borrowing.

With the global economy in teeters post Covid-19 and the impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, economies worldwide are contracting, leaving East African nations in a perilous situation.

According to the IMF, about

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