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Debt crisis, wastage top concerns in Mbadi’s Sh4.2 trillion budget

Kenya will spend Sh1.1 trillion to clear debt interest and plans to acquire another Sh923.1 billion to fund the budget deficit.

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by VICTOR AMADALA

News16 June 2025 - 09:20
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National Treasury CS John Mbadi, ahead of the budget reading on Thursday, June 12, 2025. [PHOTO: ENOS TECHE}

RISING public debt is the top concern for Kenyans, with many believing the Sh4.2 trillion budget presented in Parliament on Thursday by Treasury CS John Mbadi aggravates the situation.

This verdict played out right before the country’s exchequer boss during a post-budget analysis hosted by audit firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Kenya, with more than 40 per cent of the participants in an online Slido feedback disapproving of the high public debt.

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